#BC538F#BC538F

#BC538F is a mid, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.189; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.151 H 347.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC538F
RGB	rgb(188, 83, 143)
HSL	hsl(326, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(326, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.9%, 23.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.53, 49.04, -12.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.53, 50.64, 345.55°)
OKLab	oklab(59.33% 0.1475 -0.0332)
OKLCH	oklch(59.33% 0.151 347.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.7911, 18.8636, 28.1060)
Luminance	0.1886 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC538F #53BC80

analogous

#B453BC #BC538F #BC535A

triadic

#BC538F #8FBC53 #538FBC

tetradic

#BC538F #BCB453 #53BC80 #535ABC

square

#BC538F #BCB453 #53BC80 #535ABC

split-complementary

#BC538F #5ABC53 #53BCB4

monochromatic

#6B2A4F #973B6F #BC538F #CD7FAC #DEABC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.40

#BC538F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.77

#BC538F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC538F

4.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC538F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC538F	1.00	4.40	4.77	4.77
#FFFFFF	4.40	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)

#5E6D91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B7F8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8516B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc538f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 83, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.151 347.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d388af',
    500: '#bc538f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc538f;
$custom-light: #d388af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc538f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 325.714,
    "s": 43.933,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59329,
    "c": 0.15124,
    "h": 347.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.18861
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC538F

secondary

#9FCCB2

accent

#D48B54

background

#FDF8FA

surface

#FAF0F4

border

#D3CBCE

text

#140C10

muted

#837D7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC538F

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

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