#B42253#B42253

#B42253 is a mid, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.115; OKLCH L 50.9% C 0.182 H 7.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B42253
RGB	rgb(180, 34, 83)
HSL	hsl(340, 68%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(340, 81%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 81.1%, 53.9%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.37, 59.10, 9.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.37, 59.80, 8.78°)
OKLab	oklab(50.95% 0.1802 0.0234)
OKLCH	oklch(50.95% 0.182 7.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.9577, 11.4749, 9.2933)
Luminance	0.1147 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B42253 #22B483

analogous

#B4229C #B42253 #B43A22

triadic

#B42253 #53B422 #2253B4

tetradic

#B42253 #9CB422 #22B483 #3A22B4

square

#B42253 #9CB422 #22B483 #3A22B4

split-complementary

#B42253 #22B43A #229CB4

monochromatic

#4D0F24 #81183B #B42253 #DA3A6F #E36D95

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.37

#B42253 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.29

#B42253 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B42253

6.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B42253	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B42253	1.00	6.37	3.29	6.37
#FFFFFF	6.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A4D54

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#706A4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C50038

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b42253;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 34, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.9% 0.182 7.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d16d83',
    500: '#b42253',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b42253;
$custom-light: #d16d83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b42253",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 339.863,
    "s": 68.224,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50947,
    "c": 0.18172,
    "h": 7.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.11472
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B42253

secondary

#68CAA9

accent

#EBB13D

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEDEE

border

#D4C8C9

text

#15080A

muted

#837B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B42253

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

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