#B42559#B42559

#B42559 is a mid, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.117; OKLCH L 51.3% C 0.180 H 5.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B42559
RGB	rgb(180, 37, 89)
HSL	hsl(338, 66%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(338, 79%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.4%, 50.6%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.82, 58.75, 5.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.82, 59.05, 5.80°)
OKLab	oklab(51.33% 0.1798 0.0157)
OKLCH	oklch(51.33% 0.18 5)
XYZ	xyz(21.2890, 11.7507, 10.5963)
Luminance	0.1175 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B42559 #25B480

analogous

#B425A0 #B42559 #B43925

triadic

#B42559 #59B425 #2559B4

tetradic

#B42559 #A0B425 #25B480 #3925B4

square

#B42559 #A0B425 #25B480 #3925B4

split-complementary

#B42559 #25B439 #25A0B4

monochromatic

#4E1027 #811B40 #B42559 #D73F76 #E2719A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.27

#B42559 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.35

#B42559 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B42559

6.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B42559	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B42559	1.00	6.27	3.35	6.27
#FFFFFF	6.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A4E5A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#706A56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4003C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b42559;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 37, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.3% 0.180 5.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d16f87',
    500: '#b42559',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b42559;
$custom-light: #d16f87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b42559",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 338.182,
    "s": 65.899,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51327,
    "c": 0.18045,
    "h": 5
  },
  "luminance": 0.11748
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B42559

secondary

#6CC9A7

accent

#E9AB3F

background

#FDF7F8

surface

#FBEDEF

border

#D4C8CA

text

#15080B

muted

#837B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B42559

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

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