#BC599C#BC599C

#BC599C is a mid, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.202; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.150 H 341.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC599C
RGB	rgb(188, 89, 156)
HSL	hsl(319, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(319, 53%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.7%, 17%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.11, 48.05, -17.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.11, 51.29, 339.53°)
OKLab	oklab(60.66% 0.1422 -0.0479)
OKLCH	oklch(60.66% 0.15 341.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.3127, 20.2388, 33.7560)
Luminance	0.2024 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC599C #59BC79

analogous

#AB59BC #BC599C #BC596B

triadic

#BC599C #9CBC59 #599CBC

tetradic

#BC599C #BCAB59 #59BC79 #596BBC

square

#BC599C #BCAB59 #59BC79 #596BBC

split-complementary

#BC599C #6BBC59 #59BCAB

monochromatic

#6E2C59 #9A3E7C #BC599C #CE85B6 #DFB0D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.16

#BC599C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.05

#BC599C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC599C

5.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC599C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC599C	1.00	4.16	5.05	5.05
#FFFFFF	4.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F729E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A8299

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C65A73

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc599c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 89, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.150 341.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d28cb9',
    500: '#bc599c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc599c;
$custom-light: #d28cb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc599c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 319.394,
    "s": 42.489,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6066,
    "c": 0.1501,
    "h": 341.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.20236
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC599C

secondary

#A3CDB1

accent

#D27E56

background

#FDF8FB

surface

#FAF0F6

border

#D3CBD0

text

#140C11

muted

#837D80

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC599C

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

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