#BC599B#BC599B

#BC599B is a mid, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.202; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.149 H 341.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC599B
RGB	rgb(188, 89, 155)
HSL	hsl(320, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(320, 53%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.7%, 17.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.07, 47.90, -17.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.07, 50.96, 340.03°)
OKLab	oklab(60.62% 0.142 -0.0464)
OKLCH	oklch(60.62% 0.149 341.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.2284, 20.2051, 33.3119)
Luminance	0.2020 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC599B #59BC7A

analogous

#AC59BC #BC599B #BC596A

triadic

#BC599B #9BBC59 #599BBC

tetradic

#BC599B #BCAC59 #59BC7A #596ABC

square

#BC599B #BCAC59 #59BC7A #596ABC

split-complementary

#BC599B #6ABC59 #59BCAC

monochromatic

#6E2C58 #9A3E7B #BC599B #CE85B5 #DFB0D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.17

#BC599B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.04

#BC599B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC599B

5.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC599B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC599B	1.00	4.17	5.04	5.04
#FFFFFF	4.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F729D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A8298

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C65A73

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc599b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 89, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.149 341.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d38cb8',
    500: '#bc599b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc599b;
$custom-light: #d38cb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc599b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 320,
    "s": 42.489,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6062,
    "c": 0.14939,
    "h": 341.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.20203
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC599B

secondary

#A3CDB1

accent

#D27F56

background

#FDF8FB

surface

#FAF0F6

border

#D3CBD0

text

#140C11

muted

#837D80

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC599B

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

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