#B42549#B42549

#B42549 is a mid, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.115; OKLCH L 50.9% C 0.178 H 12.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B42549
RGB	rgb(180, 37, 73)
HSL	hsl(345, 66%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(345, 79%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.4%, 59.4%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.43, 57.55, 15.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.43, 59.61, 15.11°)
OKLab	oklab(50.91% 0.1736 0.0385)
OKLCH	oklch(50.91% 0.178 12.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.6887, 11.5105, 7.4344)
Luminance	0.1151 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B42549 #25B490

analogous

#B42591 #B42549 #B44825

triadic

#B42549 #49B425 #2549B4

tetradic

#B42549 #91B425 #25B490 #4825B4

square

#B42549 #91B425 #25B490 #4825B4

split-complementary

#B42549 #25B448 #2591B4

monochromatic

#4E1020 #811B34 #B42549 #D73F65 #E2718E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.36

#B42549 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.30

#B42549 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B42549

6.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B42549	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B42549	1.00	6.36	3.30	6.36
#FFFFFF	6.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E4D49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#726A45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C50035

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b42549;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 37, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.9% 0.178 12.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d26e7b',
    500: '#b42549',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b42549;
$custom-light: #d26e7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b42549",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 344.895,
    "s": 65.899,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50913,
    "c": 0.17785,
    "h": 12.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.11507
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B42549

secondary

#6CC9B1

accent

#E9BE3F

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEDED

border

#D4C8C8

text

#150809

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B42549

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

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