#BC5989#BC5989

#BC5989 is a mid, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.196; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.138 H 351.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5989
RGB	rgb(188, 89, 137)
HSL	hsl(331, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(331, 53%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.7%, 27.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.43, 45.28, -7.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.43, 45.93, 350.33°)
OKLab	oklab(59.94% 0.1368 -0.0199)
OKLCH	oklch(59.94% 0.138 351.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.8278, 19.6448, 25.9356)
Luminance	0.1964 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5989 #59BC8C

analogous

#BC59BB #BC5989 #BC5B59

triadic

#BC5989 #89BC59 #5989BC

tetradic

#BC5989 #BBBC59 #59BC8C #5B59BC

square

#BC5989 #BBBC59 #59BC8C #5B59BC

split-complementary

#BC5989 #59BC5B #59BBBC

monochromatic

#6E2C4C #9A3E6B #BC5989 #CE85A8 #DFB0C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.26

#BC5989 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.93

#BC5989 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC5989

4.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5989	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC5989	1.00	4.26	4.93	4.93
#FFFFFF	4.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#65708B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F8187

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8556B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5989;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 89, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.138 351.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d38bab',
    500: '#bc5989',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5989;
$custom-light: #d38bab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5989",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 330.909,
    "s": 42.489,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59937,
    "c": 0.13828,
    "h": 351.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.19642
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5989

secondary

#A3CDB9

accent

#D29656

background

#FDF8FA

surface

#FAF0F4

border

#D3CBCE

text

#140C10

muted

#837D7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5989

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

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