#BC23AC colour

#BC23AC is a magenta close to CSS mediumvioletred: RGB 188, 35, 172, HSL 306, 69%, 44%. White text passes AA (5.28:1). Tints, shades and colour harmonies.

#BC23AC

Nearest CSS name: mediumvioletred #c71585 (not an exact match)
Described as: a magenta
Red, green, blue: 188, 35, 172
Web safe: No
Luminance: 0.1487 (WCAG relative luminance, 0 is black, 1 is white)

Colour codes

HEX	`#bc23ac`
RGB	`rgb(188, 35, 172)`
RGB (percent)	`rgb(73.7% 13.7% 67.5%)`
HSL	`hsl(306.3, 68.6%, 43.7%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(306.3, 81.4%, 73.7%)`
HWB	`hwb(306.3 13.7% 26.3%)`
CMYK (naive)	`cmyk(0%, 81%, 9%, 26%)`
CIELAB (D50)	`lab(45.49% 67.93 -37.24)`
OKLCH	`oklch(56.05% 0.2296 333.15)`
Decimal	`12329900`

CMYK here is the plain formula with no colour profile, so treat it as a starting point; a printer's profile gives the real ink values. CIELAB uses a D50 white point, as CSS lab() does. HSV is not a CSS function, so it is shown for design apps only.

Contrast with white and black text

White text, 5.28:1The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.

Black text, 3.97:1The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.

Text	Ratio	AA normal (4.5)	AA large (3)	AAA normal (7)	AAA large (4.5)
White	5.28:1	Pass	Pass	Fail	Pass
Black	3.97:1	Fail	Pass	Fail	Fail

White text is the better choice on #BC23AC (5.28:1). Ratios use the WCAG 2.2 formula; large text means at least 24px, or 18.66px bold. Check another pair.

Tints and shades

Mixed with white, then with black, in ten even steps (straight sRGB mixing, as most design tools do).

9%#c237b4 18%#c84bbb 27%#ce5fc3 36%#d473ca 45%#da87d2 55%#e19bd9 64%#e7afe1 73%#edc3e8 82%#f3d7f0 91%#f9ebf7

9%#ab209c 18%#9a1d8d 27%#89197d 36%#78166d 45%#67135e 55%#55104e 64%#440d3f 73%#330a2f 82%#22061f 91%#110310

Colour harmonies

Hue turned around the HSL colour wheel, saturation and lightness kept.

Complementary

The hue opposite on the colour wheel (180°).

#bc23ac #23bc33

Analogous

Neighbours 30° either side.

#8023bc #bc23ac #bc2360

Triadic

Three hues 120° apart.

#bc23ac #acbc23 #23acbc

Split complementary

The two hues either side of the complement (150° and 210°).

#bc23ac #60bc23 #23bc80

Tetradic (square)

Four hues 90° apart.

#bc23ac #bc8023 #23bc33 #2360bc

How it looks with colour blindness

Normal vision#bc23ac Protanopia#195eaf Deuteranopia#5b73a9 Tritanopia#c53668 Achromatopsia#6c6c6c

Simulated with the Machado, Oliveira and Fernandes (2009) matrices at full severity, applied in linear RGB; achromatopsia shows the colour's luminance as grey. Milder forms (protanomaly, deuteranomaly) are far more common and shift colours less. Never use colour as the only way to carry meaning.

CSS

Text colour	`color: #bc23ac;`
Background	`background-color: #bc23ac;`
Border	`border: 1px solid #bc23ac;`
Half transparent	`background-color: rgb(188 35 172 / 50%);`
Custom property	`--colour-main: #bc23ac;`
Gradient to a darker shade	`background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bc23ac, #711567);`
Gradient from a lighter tint	`background: linear-gradient(180deg, #d77bcd, #bc23ac);`
Text on this colour	`background-color: #bc23ac; color: #fff;`

Similar named colours

Distance is measured in OKLab, scaled by 100; under about 2 is hard to tell apart side by side.

Convert #BC23AC to other formats · Build a palette from it · Check contrast · All named colours

Colour names from CSS Color Module Level 4. Palette values from the Tailwind CSS v3 default palette (MIT licence) and the Material Design 2014 colour palette as published in Material Design Lite (Apache License 2.0). All other values are calculated from the hex code.