#B42357#B42357

#B42357 is a mid, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.116; OKLCH L 51.1% C 0.182 H 5.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B42357
RGB	rgb(180, 35, 87)
HSL	hsl(338, 67%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(338, 81%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 80.6%, 51.7%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.57, 59.14, 6.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.57, 59.54, 6.63°)
OKLab	oklab(51.13% 0.1808 0.018)
OKLCH	oklch(51.13% 0.182 5.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.1457, 11.5965, 10.1399)
Luminance	0.1159 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B42357 #23B480

analogous

#B423A0 #B42357 #B43823

triadic

#B42357 #57B423 #2357B4

tetradic

#B42357 #A0B423 #23B480 #3823B4

square

#B42357 #A0B423 #23B480 #3823B4

split-complementary

#B42357 #23B438 #23A0B4

monochromatic

#4E0F25 #81193E #B42357 #D93B74 #E36E98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.33

#B42357 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.32

#B42357 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B42357

6.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B42357	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B42357	1.00	6.33	3.32	6.33
#FFFFFF	6.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A4D58

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F6A54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4003A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b42357;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 35, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.1% 0.182 5.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d16e86',
    500: '#b42357',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b42357;
$custom-light: #d16e86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b42357",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 338.483,
    "s": 67.442,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51126,
    "c": 0.18171,
    "h": 5.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.11593
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B42357

secondary

#69C9A7

accent

#EAAC3D

background

#FDF7F8

surface

#FBEDEF

border

#D4C8CA

text

#15080B

muted

#837B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B42357

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

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