#B42659#B42659

#B42659 is a mid, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.118; OKLCH L 51.4% C 0.180 H 5.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B42659
RGB	rgb(180, 38, 89)
HSL	hsl(338, 65%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(338, 79%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.9%, 50.6%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.92, 58.46, 6.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.92, 58.78, 5.97°)
OKLab	oklab(51.4% 0.1788 0.0161)
OKLCH	oklch(51.4% 0.18 5.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.3206, 11.8138, 10.6069)
Luminance	0.1181 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B42659 #26B481

analogous

#B426A0 #B42659 #B43A26

triadic

#B42659 #59B426 #2659B4

tetradic

#B42659 #A0B426 #26B481 #3A26B4

square

#B42659 #A0B426 #26B481 #3A26B4

split-complementary

#B42659 #26B43A #26A0B4

monochromatic

#4F1127 #811B40 #B42659 #D74076 #E1739B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.25

#B42659 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.36

#B42659 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B42659

6.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B42659	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B42659	1.00	6.25	3.36	6.25
#FFFFFF	6.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B4F5A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#706B56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4003C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b42659;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 38, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.4% 0.180 5.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d16f87',
    500: '#b42659',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b42659;
$custom-light: #d16f87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b42659",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 338.451,
    "s": 65.138,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51402,
    "c": 0.17955,
    "h": 5.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.11811
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B42659

secondary

#6DC9A8

accent

#E8AC40

background

#FDF7F8

surface

#FBEDEF

border

#D4C8CA

text

#15080B

muted

#837B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B42659

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

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