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magenta / pink · warm

#bc0680

a dark, electric magenta / pink · warm · closest name: Medium Violet Red

Token name suggestion: Dusk Ruby

RGB
188, 6, 128
HSL
320°, 94%, 38%
CMYK
0, 97, 32, 26
Luminance
0.1238

#bc0680 is a dark electric magenta / pink, 320° on the wheel and 39/100 on the cool side. Put white text on it (6.04:1). As text it scores 6.04:1 on white — safe at any size. Nearest name is Medium Violet Red, nearest Tailwind family is pink.

hsl(320 94% 38%)rgb(188 6 128)Base step 700AA inkWarm

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #bc0680 is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#bc0680
Hue
320°
magenta / pink
Saturation
94%
electric
Lightness
38%
dark
Brightness
74%
HSV value
Perceived
44%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.1238
WCAG relative
Temperature
Warm
39/100 cool
Color family
Magenta / pink
Tone
Electric
Best ink
White
6.04:1
Closest name
Medium Violet Red
ΔE2000 2.8
Chroma
71.8
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.528
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
pink
500 · ΔE 15.4
Web-safe
#CC0099
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue320° of 360°
Saturation94%
Lightness38%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #bc0680.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool39% cool

Reads warm. Warm and cool siblings keep the same lightness, so you can swap one in without redoing your contrast maths.

Luminance by channel
Red86%
Green1%
Blue13%

Green carries most of what the eye calls brightness — that is why WCAG weights it 0.7152.

Every format

HEX#bc0680
HEX (8-digit)#bc0680ff
RGBrgb(188, 6, 128)
RGBArgba(188, 6, 128, 1)
HSLhsl(320, 94%, 38%)
HSV / HSBhsv(320, 97%, 74%)
HWBhwb(320 2% 26%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 97%, 32%, 26%)
LABlab(41.8 69.9 -16.8)
LCHlch(41.8 71.8 346.5)
OKLCHoklch(0.528 0.219 348.4)
XYZ (D65)xyz(24.70, 12.38, 21.51)
Decimal12322432
Display P3color(display-p3 0.737 0.024 0.502)
Web-safe#CC0099

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #bc0680;
background-color: #bc0680;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #bc0680;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#bc0680] bg-[#bc0680]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #bc0680;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.737, green: 0.024, blue: 0.502)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.737, green: 0.024, blue: 0.502, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#BC0680</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFBC0680)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFBC0680)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(128, 6, 188)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(188, 6, 128)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(188, 6, 128)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 188, 6, 128)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.7373f, 0.0235f, 0.5020f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{188,6,128}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #bc0680 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #bc0680 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#7C0454, #EED3E5);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #bc0680 h s calc(l - 7));

Design tokens

The same ramp in the four formats a team actually needs. Paste one and the whole palette lands with it.

css custom propertiesclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: #FDF2F9;
  --brand-100: #FBE4F4;
  --brand-200: #FAC2E7;
  --brand-300: #FC92D9;
  --brand-400: #FA5CC6;
  --brand-500: #F826B3;
  --brand-600: #ED08A1;
  --brand-700: #bc0680;
  --brand-800: #9E056C;
  --brand-900: #72084F;
  --brand-950: #470531;
  --brand: #bc0680;
  --brand-ink: #ffffff;
  --brand-surface: #FAF4F8;
  --brand-border: #EDC0DE;
  --brand-hover: #990568;
  --brand-pressed: #770451;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #24141F;
    --brand-ink: #EED3E5;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#FDF2F9',
        100: '#FBE4F4',
        200: '#FAC2E7',
        300: '#FC92D9',
        400: '#FA5CC6',
        500: '#F826B3',
        600: '#ED08A1',
        700: '#bc0680',
        800: '#9E056C',
        900: '#72084F',
        950: '#470531',
        DEFAULT: '#bc0680',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #FDF2F9,
  '100': #FBE4F4,
  '200': #FAC2E7,
  '300': #FC92D9,
  '400': #FA5CC6,
  '500': #F826B3,
  '600': #ED08A1,
  '700': #bc0680,
  '800': #9E056C,
  '900': #72084F,
  '950': #470531,
);
$brand-base: #bc0680;
$brand-ink: #ffffff;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#FDF2F9", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#FBE4F4", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#FAC2E7", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#FC92D9", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#FA5CC6", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#F826B3", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#ED08A1", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#bc0680", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#9E056C", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#72084F", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#470531", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$value": "#ffffff", "$type": "color" }
  }
}

Best text color

Only one of black and white can be right. This is the one, with the number that proves it.

Readable at a glance#ffffff on #bc0680 · 6.04:1
Use #ffffffAA at every size, AAA for large text only.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 6.04:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 3.48:1
AA fail · AA large pass · AAA fail
Reading the other direction: #bc0680 as text scores 6.04:1 on white and 3.48:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #FEE6F6 at 5.14:1.

Make it accessible

A contrast checker tells you that you failed. This tells you what to ship instead — same hue, same saturation, lightness moved only as far as WCAG demands.

The quick fox
#bc0680 · 6.04:1
AA on whitealready passes
#bc0680
The quick fox
#A80572 · 7.17:1
AAA on white−4% L
#A80572
The quick fox
#DE0797 · 4.58:1
AA on black+7% L
#DE0797
The quick fox
#F952C2 · 7.01:1
AAA on black+27% L
#F952C2

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #BC0680 is enough for headings on white. Non-text elements such as icons, chart strokes and focus rings also sit at 3:1 under WCAG 2.2 (1.4.11).

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#bc0680 on white: 6.04:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#bc0680 on black: 3.48:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #bc0680 as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #bc0680.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White6.04:1AaAa
Slate 505.77:1AaAa
Slate 1005.51:1AaAa
Slate 2004.90:1AaAa
Slate 3004.07:1AaAa
Slate 4002.36:1AaAa
Slate 5001.27:1AaAa
Slate 6001.25:1AaAa
Slate 7001.71:1AaAa
Slate 8002.42:1AaAa
Slate 9002.96:1AaAa
Black3.48:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #345082
deuteranopia · #686D7C
tritanopia · #CA004A

Roughly one man in twelve has some form of colour vision deficiency. If any of the three panels above is hard to tell apart from a neighbouring colour in your palette, add a shape, an icon or a label so the meaning does not rest on hue alone.

Color scale — 50 to 950

A Tailwind-shaped ramp built around this exact hex. #bc0680 is pinned to step 700; the rest hold its hue and let saturation ease off at the extremes so the pale end never turns neon.

#FDF2F9
#FBE4F4
#FAC2E7
#FC92D9
#FA5CC6
#F826B3
#ED08A1
#bc0680
#9E056C
#72084F
#470531
Base = 700Lightest = 50 · #FDF2F9Darkest = 950 · #470531Text step on white = 700
Perceptual ramp — OKLCH

The same eleven steps expressed in OKLCH, where equal lightness numbers actually look equally spaced. HSL ramps go muddy in the yellows and washed out in the blues; this one does not. Modern browsers render it natively — the hex ramp above is the fallback.

50100200300400500600700800900950
oklch tokensclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: oklch(0.97 0.055 348.4);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.088 348.4);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.131 348.4);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.171 348.4);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.201 348.4);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.219 348.4);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.219 348.4);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.206 348.4);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.184 348.4);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.153 348.4);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.120 348.4);
}

Colors that work with #bc0680

Not a palette — a role sheet. Each swatch answers one question you will hit while building the component.

Text on it#ffffff
White wins here
Surface#FAF4F8
Tinted page background
Border#EDC0DE
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#9B4B80
Captions on the surface
Accent#02CA12
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#7C0454
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#FEE6F6
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#24141F
Dark-mode background
Hover#990568
One step down in lightness
Pressed#770451
Two steps down
Disabled#AF83A1
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#D60090
Offset from the fill so it reads
Light mode
Everything in its place

Surface, border, heading and body all derive from this one hue, so the screen stays coherent without a second palette.

Primary actionSecondaryBadge
Dark mode
Same hue, inverted

Lightness flips, hue holds. The accent stays the anchor in both themes.

Primary actionSecondaryAccent

In real components

The same eight roles, wired into the interface patterns you will actually build with them. Every state below is a computed value, not a mock-up.

Buttons and states
Save changesHoverPressedDisabled
OutlineSubtleLinkFocused
Form field
you@company.com

Focus ring uses the light variant so the field still reads as one shape.

Send me product updates
Notice
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NewBetaDraft
Data
Storage used68%
Acme LtdActive
NorthwindTrial
GlobexActive

How to use #bc0680

Derived from its contrast, chroma and lightness — not from taste.

Works well for
  • Body text and links on white
  • Primary buttons and calls to action
  • Focus rings, active and selected states
  • Headers, footers and dark-mode surfaces
  • Brand accents, badges and data highlights
Use with care
  • Full-page backgrounds — tiring over long sessions
  • Black text placed on it
  • Pairing with a same-lightness hue — edges vibrate
Minimum size as text on white
Any size
Safe as a fill behind white type
Yes
Safe as a 1px border on white
Yes

Meaning and mood

What a colour in this family tends to signal, and how this particular chroma and lightness change the reading.

expressiveyouthfulwarmconfident

Pink is the fastest way to signal that a product is not another enterprise dashboard. It carries beauty, fashion and culture brands.

At this chroma the association is amplified — it will dominate anything placed beside it, so give it space and use it sparingly. The low lightness adds weight and formality.

Worth knowing

Strong gendered associations in some markets — test it with the audience you actually have.

Reads as
  • FormalityHigh
  • EnergyHigh
  • Weight62/100
  • TemperatureWarm
  • ApproachabilityHigh

Colour associations are cultural and vary by market. Treat these as a starting point for a conversation with your audience, not a finding about them.

Similar colors

One move away from this hex in each direction. Every swatch is its own page.

Color relationships

The wheel positions with their names attached, so you can grab the one you actually need.

Complementary#06BC42
Analogous left#9D06BC
Analogous right#BC0625
Split-complement 1#25BC06
Split-complement 2#06BC9D
Triadic 1#80BC06
Triadic 2#0680BC
Tetradic#BC9D06
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°320°

#bc0680 sits at 320°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red73.7%
Green2.4%
Blue50.2%
R · 0–255
188
0xbc
G · 0–255
6
0x06
B · 0–255
128
0x80

CMYK percentages

Cyan0.0%
Magenta96.8%
Yellow31.9%
Key (black)26.3%

Total ink coverage is 155%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#bc0680 text on a black background

contrast 3.48:1

Card sample

#bc0680 text on a white background

contrast 6.04:1

Card sample

#bc0680 on grey

5.51:1

#bc0680 on its own surface

5.57:1

#bc0680 on its dark surface

2.91:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #bc0680;
Background color
Panel with #bc0680 background
background-color: #bc0680;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #bc0680;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(188, 6, 128, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(188, 6, 128, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #bc0680;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bc0680, #BC0607);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #bc0680, #BC3306);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #bc0680;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #bc0680;
caret-color: #bc0680;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #bc0680;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #FEE6F6;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #bc0680;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#bc0680 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #bc0680 over white; the bottom row is the same alpha over a checkerboard, so you can see what survives on a photo or a video.

Bottom row of hexes is the flattened result over white — use those when a design tool refuses transparency, or when you need a solid fallback.

alpha in every syntaxclick to select
rgba(188, 6, 128, 0.5)
rgb(188 6 128 / 50%)
#bc068080
hsl(320 94% 38% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #bc0680 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#bc06801a#F8E6F2
20%#bc068033#F2CDE6
40%#bc068066#E49BCC
60%#bc068099#D76AB3
80%#bc0680cc#C93899

Gradients from #bc0680

Six recipes, each built from this hex and shown with the exact CSS that produced it.

Elevation
Same hue, three lightnesses — safe anywhere
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #F708A8, #bc0680 45%, #7C0454);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #bc0680, #9E1105);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #bc0680, #06BC42);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #F826B3 0%, #bc0680 45%, #7C0454 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #FAF4F8, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #B308ED 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #D90719 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #7C0454 0%, transparent 65%), #bc0680;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #bc0680

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Tones — desaturated

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Ranked with CIEDE2000 across all 139 CSS keywords. Under ΔE 2 the eye stops telling them apart; over ΔE 10 they are plainly different colors.

#bc0680 in the real world

Where a color in this family tends to land, and the interface roles it is usually asked to play.

Industries
BeautyFashionLifestyleYouth brands
Common UI roles
ButtonsLinksFocus statesCharts
Print note

Sits outside most CMYK gamuts — expect a duller press result, or specify a spot ink.

On screens

Holds up across typical panel gamma. Still worth checking on an uncalibrated laptop, where mid-tones shift most.

In dark mode

Too dim on dark surfaces at 3.48:1 — lift it to #DE0797 for body text, or reserve it for fills.

Explore nearby colors

Small, deliberate steps away from this hex — useful when you are hunting for the version of a colour that finally feels right.

#bc0680, answered

What color is #bc0680?

#bc0680 is a dark electric magenta / pink, closest to Medium Violet Red (ΔE2000 2.8). It sits at 320° on the hue wheel with 94% saturation and 38% lightness, which reads as warm.

What is the RGB value of #bc0680?

rgb(188, 6, 128) — 188 red, 6 green and 128 blue out of 255, or 73.7% / 2.4% / 50.2% by channel.

What is #bc0680 in HSL and HSV?

hsl(320, 94%, 38%) and hsv(320, 97%, 74%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #bc0680 a light or a dark color?

It is a dark color. Relative luminance is 0.1238 and perceived brightness is 44%, so white text on it reaches 6.04:1.

Should I use black or white text on #bc0680?

White. It scores 6.04:1 against #bc0680, versus 3.48:1 for black — AA at any size.

Is #bc0680 accessible on a white background?

#bc0680 on white scores 6.04:1, which clears AA at every size but not AAA.

What is the complementary color of #bc0680?

#06BC42 sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #25BC06 and #06BC9D, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #bc0680?

For interface work: #FAF4F8 as the surface, #EDC0DE for borders, #9B4B80 for secondary text, #02CA12 as an accent and #7C0454 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #9D06BC and #BC0625 stays calm, while #06BC42 is the loudest partner.

What is #bc0680 in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(0%, 97%, 32%, 26%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — a color this saturated sits outside most CMYK gamuts and will print duller than it looks here.

Is #bc0680 warm or cool?

Warm — it scores 39 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #BC063D; nudged cooler, #B704BE.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #bc0680?

The pink family — its 500 step is #ec4899, ΔE2000 15.4 away. That is a visible difference, so define #bc0680 as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #bc0680 in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#bc0680] or text-[#bc0680], or register the whole ramp under theme.extend.colors.brand so you get bg-brand-500 and friends. The generated 50–950 scale on this page is ready to paste into your config.

What is #bc0680 with 50% opacity?

rgba(188, 6, 128, 0.5), or #bc068080 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #DE83C0; over black, #5E0340.

Is #bc0680 a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #CC0099, ΔE2000 4.9 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #bc0680 mean?

As a magenta / pink, it reads expressive, youthful, warm. Pink is the fastest way to signal that a product is not another enterprise dashboard. It carries beauty, fashion and culture brands. At this chroma the effect is amplified — it will dominate whatever sits beside it.

What gradient works with #bc0680?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #F708A8, #bc0680 45%, #7C0454). For more colour, a short hue run to #9E1105 keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #bc0680 in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #bc0680 at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.