#B42459#B42459

#B42459 is a mid, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.117; OKLCH L 51.3% C 0.181 H 4.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B42459
RGB	rgb(180, 36, 89)
HSL	hsl(338, 67%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(338, 80%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 80%, 50.6%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.72, 59.03, 5.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.72, 59.32, 5.64°)
OKLab	oklab(51.25% 0.1807 0.0154)
OKLCH	oklch(51.25% 0.181 4.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.2583, 11.6893, 10.5861)
Luminance	0.1169 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B42459 #24B47F

analogous

#B424A1 #B42459 #B43724

triadic

#B42459 #59B424 #2459B4

tetradic

#B42459 #A1B424 #24B47F #3724B4

square

#B42459 #A1B424 #24B47F #3724B4

split-complementary

#B42459 #24B437 #24A1B4

monochromatic

#4E1027 #811A40 #B42459 #D83D76 #E2709A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.29

#B42459 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.34

#B42459 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B42459

6.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B42459	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B42459	1.00	6.29	3.34	6.29
#FFFFFF	6.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A4E5A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F6A56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4003C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b42459;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 36, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.3% 0.181 4.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d16e87',
    500: '#b42459',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b42459;
$custom-light: #d16e87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b42459",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 337.917,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51254,
    "c": 0.18131,
    "h": 4.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.11686
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B42459

secondary

#6BC9A6

accent

#EAAB3E

background

#FDF7F8

surface

#FBEDEF

border

#D4C8CA

text

#15080B

muted

#837B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B42459

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

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