What is hex #BC708F color?

 
In professional design frameworks, this hue is considered a balanced and versatile hue. It is ideal for creating smooth color harmony, digital artwork, or minimalist web components.

From a technical standpoint, this color is composed of 74% red, 44% green and 56% blue, resulting in an RGB value of (188,112,143).
For print media and manufacturing layout, the CMYK colors code equivalent is (0%, 40%, 24%, 26%).
In the HSV/HSB scale, #BC708F features a hue of 336°, 40% saturation, and a brightness value of 74%.

Hex #BC708F Color Codes & Equivalents

RGB Values (188,112,143)
CMYK Values (0%, 40%, 24%, 26%)
HSV/HSB Values (336°, 40%, 74%)
Closest Web Safe
#CC6699
Inverse Color
#438F70
Closest Pantone®
681 C
Closest RAL
RAL 4003 [Heather violet]
Complementary Color
#70BC9D

#BC708F Converted to Grayscale Codes

Average
#939393
Lightness (Desaturation)
#969696
Weighted (BT601)
#8A8A8A
Luma (BT709)
#828282

Hex #BC708F Color Palettes

Complementary Palette

The complementary color of #BC708F is #70BC9D. To get this value, we need to use the RGB metrics, and take this opposite color at the end of the color wheel, so for #BC708F you will find #70BC9D. When placed next to each other, they create the strongest contrast for those two colors. Complementary colors may also be called "opposite colors". So if you need to grab attention, you should use it.

#BC708F #70BC9D

Analogous Palette

The analogous color scheme of #BC708F is composed with colors #BC70B5 and #BC7770. Colors are called analogous colors when they are very similar to each other. They are located to the right and left of your main color #BC708F with a 30° separation on the RGB color wheel. An analogous color palette is best used with either warm or cool colors, creating a look that has a certain temperature as well as proper color harmony.

#BC70B5 #BC708F #BC7770

Split-Complementary Palette

The split-complementary color scheme of #BC708F is composed with colors #70B5BC and #70BC77. A split-complementary color palette is like an analogous palette but you will take the complementary color as base instead of your main color. This choice, however, also makes the split complementary color combinations less vibrant and eye-catching, but it's also a good choice for beginners as you can hardly go wrong.

#BC708F #70B5BC #70BC77

Triadic Palette

The triadic color scheme of #BC708F is composed with colors #708FBC and #8FBC70. They are located to the right and left of your main color #BC708F with a 120° separation on the RGB color wheel. With it you have the maximum variation in hue and offering by the same occasion the best possible contrast when taken together.

#BC708F #708FBC #8FBC70

Tetradic Palette

The tetradic color scheme of #BC708F is composed with colors #8FBC70, #70BC9D and #9D70BC A tetradic color scheme, an outstanding variant of the twin color scheme, with an equal distance between all colors. All four colors are divided evenly around the color wheel. Like this there being no clear dominance of one color overs others. Colorful palettes create a sense of diversity, optimism and openness which are positive for a consumer brand. You can find the tetradic color scheme on big tech company logo like Google, Slack, Zoho, Microsoft, eBay for example. For a better result, you can also adjust saturation and brightness.

#BC708F #8FBC70 #70BC9D #9D70BC

Square Palette

The square color scheme of #BC708F is composed with colors #B5BC70, #70BC9D and #7770BC To get this color, it's pretty the same method that analogous or triadic, but instead, you will take an angle of 90° on the RGB Wheel between each colors. The square palette looks a lot like the Tetradic palette but it is less dark which is nicer in my opinion.

#BC708F #B5BC70 #70BC9D #7770BC

Tints, Tones & Shades of Hex #BC708F

Tints

Tints are created by adding white, resulting in lighter shades of #BC708F.

#BC708F #C27D99 #C98BA4 #CF99AF #D6A7BA #DCB5C5 #E3C3D0 #E9D1DB

Tones

Tones are made by mixing with gray, softening the original color.

#BC708F #B17A90 #A78492 #9D8E94 #969696

Shades

Shades result from adding black, creating darker variations.

#BC708F #B56284 #AE5479 #A24C6F #944565 #863F5C #783852 #6B3249

Hex #BC708F in programming languages

If you are a developer, you will find below the color codes to use according to your programming language (HTML, JAVA, Python, .NET), enjoy!

HTML, CSS #BC708F
Java new Color(188,112,143);
Python Color(#BC708F)
.NET Color.FromArgb(255, 188,112,143);
Swift / iOS UIColor(red: 0.74, green: 0.44, blue: 0.56, alpha: 1)
Kotlin / Android Color.rgb(188, 112, 143)