#BC538E#BC538E

#BC538E is a mid, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.188; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.151 H 347.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC538E
RGB	rgb(188, 83, 142)
HSL	hsl(326, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(326, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.9%, 24.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.49, 48.90, -12.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.49, 50.38, 346.10°)
OKLab	oklab(59.29% 0.1473 -0.0318)
OKLCH	oklch(59.29% 0.151 347.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.7157, 18.8334, 27.7088)
Luminance	0.1883 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC538E #53BC81

analogous

#B653BC #BC538E #BC5359

triadic

#BC538E #8EBC53 #538EBC

tetradic

#BC538E #BCB653 #53BC81 #5359BC

square

#BC538E #BCB653 #53BC81 #5359BC

split-complementary

#BC538E #59BC53 #53BCB6

monochromatic

#6B2A4E #973B6F #BC538E #CD7FAB #DEABC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.41

#BC538E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.77

#BC538E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC538E

4.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC538E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC538E	1.00	4.41	4.77	4.77
#FFFFFF	4.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E6D90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B7F8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8506A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc538e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 83, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.151 347.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d388af',
    500: '#bc538e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc538e;
$custom-light: #d388af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc538e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 326.286,
    "s": 43.933,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59291,
    "c": 0.15065,
    "h": 347.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.18831
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC538E

secondary

#9FCCB3

accent

#D48C54

background

#FDF8FA

surface

#FAF0F4

border

#D3CBCE

text

#140C10

muted

#837D7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC538E

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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