#B42159#B42159

#B42159 is a mid, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.115; OKLCH L 51.0% C 0.184 H 4.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B42159
RGB	rgb(180, 33, 89)
HSL	hsl(337, 69%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(337, 82%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 81.7%, 50.6%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.44, 59.84, 5.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.44, 60.08, 5.18°)
OKLab	oklab(51.05% 0.1833 0.0144)
OKLCH	oklch(51.05% 0.184 4.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.1713, 11.5153, 10.5571)
Luminance	0.1151 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B42159 #21B47C

analogous

#B421A3 #B42159 #B43321

triadic

#B42159 #59B421 #2159B4

tetradic

#B42159 #A3B421 #21B47C #3321B4

square

#B42159 #A3B421 #21B47C #3321B4

split-complementary

#B42159 #21B433 #21A3B4

monochromatic

#4D0E26 #80183F #B42159 #DA3876 #E46B99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.36

#B42159 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.30

#B42159 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B42159

6.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B42159	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B42159	1.00	6.36	3.30	6.36
#FFFFFF	6.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#484D5A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F6A56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4003B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b42159;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 33, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.0% 0.184 4.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d16d87',
    500: '#b42159',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b42159;
$custom-light: #d16d87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b42159",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 337.143,
    "s": 69.014,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51047,
    "c": 0.18382,
    "h": 4.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.11512
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B42159

secondary

#67CAA4

accent

#ECA93C

background

#FDF7F8

surface

#FBEDEF

border

#D4C8CA

text

#15080B

muted

#837B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B42159

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

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