#B42250#B42250

#B42250 is a mid, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.114; OKLCH L 50.9% C 0.181 H 8.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B42250
RGB	rgb(180, 34, 80)
HSL	hsl(341, 68%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(341, 81%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 81.1%, 55.6%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.29, 58.87, 10.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.29, 59.88, 10.52°)
OKLab	oklab(50.87% 0.1791 0.0277)
OKLCH	oklch(50.87% 0.181 8.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.8444, 11.4296, 8.6964)
Luminance	0.1143 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B42250 #22B486

analogous

#B42299 #B42250 #B43D22

triadic

#B42250 #50B422 #2250B4

tetradic

#B42250 #99B422 #22B486 #3D22B4

square

#B42250 #99B422 #22B486 #3D22B4

split-complementary

#B42250 #22B43D #2299B4

monochromatic

#4D0F22 #811839 #B42250 #DA3A6C #E36D92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.39

#B42250 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.29

#B42250 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B42250

6.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B42250	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B42250	1.00	6.39	3.29	6.39
#FFFFFF	6.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B4C51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#70694C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C50037

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b42250;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 34, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.9% 0.181 8.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d16d80',
    500: '#b42250',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b42250;
$custom-light: #d16d80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b42250",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 341.096,
    "s": 68.224,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50868,
    "c": 0.18119,
    "h": 8.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.11427
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B42250

secondary

#68CAAB

accent

#EBB43D

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEDEE

border

#D4C8C9

text

#15080A

muted

#837B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B42250

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

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