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#BC4E90 — Muted Pink

#BC4E90 is a pink color we call Muted Pink, closest to the named color PaleVioletRed (#DB7093). It belongs to the pink family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: palevioletred (#DB7093) — not an exact match. CSS palevioletred gives you #DB7093, a different color; use #BC4E90 when you need this exact shade.

Sources: common names follow widely used color-name references; CSS keywords and their hex values follow the CSS Color specification.

#BC4E90 is a warm-leaning pink color associated with playfulness, romance and softness. It sits comfortably in the middle: usable for large areas in soft schemes, or as a supporting color beside something stronger.

Its strongest partner is its complement #4EBC7A; it also sits naturally between #B14EBC and #BC4E59. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#BC4E90 · RGB 188, 78, 144

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Color values

HEX#BC4E90
RGB188, 78, 144
HSL324°, 45%, 52%
HSV324°, 59%, 74%
CMYK0%, 59%, 23%, 26%
XYZ28.50, 18.15, 28.39
Yxy18.15, 0.3798, 0.2419
CIE-Lab49.68, 51.54, -14.52
Hunter Lab42.61, 47.85, -12.46

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 74% · Green 31% · Blue 56%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 59% · Yellow 23% · Key 26%

CMYK values are unprofiled approximations for screen reference — not a print-proofing guarantee.

Previews

Sample text in #BC4E90 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #BC4E90 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #BC4E90

.text { color: #BC4E90; }
.background { background-color: #BC4E90; }
.border { border: 3px solid #BC4E90; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(188, 78, 144); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(324, 45%, 52%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #BC4E90; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(188, 78, 144, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #BC4E90; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(188, 78, 144, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#BC4E90">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#BC4E90">Div content here</div>

Shades of #BC4E90

#AE4283#9B3B75#8D356A#7A2E5C#68274E#552040#431932#341427#210D19#0F060B

Tints of #BC4E90

#C15C99#C86FA5#CE7EAE#D590B9#DB9FC3#E0AECC#E7C0D8#EDCFE1#F4E1EC#F9F0F6

Tones of #BC4E90

#B4558E#AC5D8C#A4658B#9C6D89#957588#8C7D86

Color harmonies

Complementary — #4EBC7A:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text4.53:1 AA
Against black text4.63:1 AA

Best text color on #BC4E90: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #BC4E90

Text set with opacity blends into the background, so its real contrast is lower than the solid ratios above. Choose a text color and an opacity to see the blended color and its true ratio:

100%
Sample heading text
Smaller body text shows the effect best.

Blended color: · Contrast against #BC4E90: ·

How #BC4E90 looks with color blindness

Simulated with standard Machado color-vision-deficiency matrices — useful when this color carries meaning in charts, maps or interfaces:

Protanopia · #8C8B80Deuteranopia · #939B7CTritanopia · #B77371

Closest design-system colors

The nearest matches in the Tailwind CSS, Material Design and Bootstrap palettes — handy when you need a framework class instead of a raw hex:

Tailwind pink 500 · #EC4899Tailwind pink 600 · #DB2777Material Purple 500 · #9C27B0

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #BC4E90 rather than the exact color:

Crimson Ember
#553AB0 · #8632B8 · #A432A1 · #BE498D
Honey Breeze
#C25197 · #742333 · #954A32 · #705826
Honey Dusk
#934CC7 · #B82EB9 · #C54692 · #721F2E
Palette Ffde95
#FFDE95 · #ADD899 · #BC5A94 · #F075AA
Honey Lagoon
#6C1F74 · #C15B92 · #CE4341 · #67461C
Burning Ruby Petal
#993A97 · #BE5082 · #6F241F · #B27A30

Similar colors

The closest colors that actually appear in our palette collection — click any to open its page:

#BE498D#C25197#C54692#BC5A94#C15B92#BE5082#B14C87#B85C8F#B75A97#B0578D#BE5683#B24598

Browse neighbouring colors

← #BC4E8F  ·  #BC4E91 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #BC4E90?

#BC4E90 is Muted Pink, a pink color (RGB 188, 78, 144). Its closest standard named color is PaleVioletRed.

What is the RGB and HSL of #BC4E90?

#BC4E90 is RGB 188, 78, 144 — HSL 324°, 45%, 52% — CMYK 0%, 59%, 23%, 26%.

What colors go with #BC4E90?

Its complement is #4EBC7A; analogous partners are #B14EBC and #BC4E59. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #BC4E90 for text?

Black text on #BC4E90 has a contrast ratio of 4.63:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 4.53:1.