#BC5997#BC5997

#BC5997 is a mid, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.201; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.147 H 344.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5997
RGB	rgb(188, 89, 151)
HSL	hsl(322, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(322, 53%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.7%, 19.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.92, 47.29, -15.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.92, 49.70, 342.10°)
OKLab	oklab(60.46% 0.1409 -0.0405)
OKLCH	oklch(60.46% 0.147 344)
XYZ	xyz(29.8980, 20.0729, 31.5719)
Luminance	0.2007 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5997 #59BC7E

analogous

#AF59BC #BC5997 #BC5966

triadic

#BC5997 #97BC59 #5997BC

tetradic

#BC5997 #BCAF59 #59BC7E #5966BC

square

#BC5997 #BCAF59 #59BC7E #5966BC

split-complementary

#BC5997 #66BC59 #59BCAF

monochromatic

#6E2C56 #9A3E77 #BC5997 #CE85B2 #DFB0CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.19

#BC5997 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.01

#BC5997 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC5997

5.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5997	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC5997	1.00	4.19	5.01	5.01
#FFFFFF	4.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#617299

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C8294

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C75971

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5997;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 89, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.147 344.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d38cb5',
    500: '#bc5997',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5997;
$custom-light: #d38cb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5997",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 322.424,
    "s": 42.489,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6046,
    "c": 0.14665,
    "h": 344
  },
  "luminance": 0.2007
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5997

secondary

#A3CDB3

accent

#D28456

background

#FDF8FB

surface

#FAF0F6

border

#D3CBD0

text

#140C11

muted

#837D80

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5997

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

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