#B42252#B42252

#B42252 is a mid, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.115; OKLCH L 50.9% C 0.182 H 7.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B42252
RGB	rgb(180, 34, 82)
HSL	hsl(340, 68%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(340, 81%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 81.1%, 54.4%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.34, 59.02, 9.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.34, 59.82, 9.36°)
OKLab	oklab(50.92% 0.1798 0.0249)
OKLCH	oklch(50.92% 0.182 7.9)
XYZ	xyz(20.9194, 11.4596, 9.0914)
Luminance	0.1146 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B42252 #22B484

analogous

#B4229B #B42252 #B43B22

triadic

#B42252 #52B422 #2252B4

tetradic

#B42252 #9BB422 #22B484 #3B22B4

square

#B42252 #9BB422 #22B484 #3B22B4

split-complementary

#B42252 #22B43B #229BB4

monochromatic

#4D0F23 #81183B #B42252 #DA3A6E #E36D94

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.38

#B42252 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.29

#B42252 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B42252

6.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B42252	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B42252	1.00	6.38	3.29	6.38
#FFFFFF	6.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A4C53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#70694E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C50037

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b42252;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 34, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.9% 0.182 7.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d16d82',
    500: '#b42252',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b42252;
$custom-light: #d16d82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b42252",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 340.274,
    "s": 68.224,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5092,
    "c": 0.18153,
    "h": 7.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.11457
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B42252

secondary

#68CAAA

accent

#EBB23D

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEDEE

border

#D4C8C9

text

#15080A

muted

#837B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B42252

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

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