#B42757#B42757

#B42757 is a mid, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.118; OKLCH L 51.4% C 0.178 H 6.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B42757
RGB	rgb(180, 39, 87)
HSL	hsl(340, 64%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(340, 78%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.3%, 51.7%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.97, 58.00, 7.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.97, 58.48, 7.31°)
OKLab	oklab(51.42% 0.1771 0.0194)
OKLCH	oklch(51.42% 0.178 6.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.2701, 11.8454, 10.1814)
Luminance	0.1184 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B42757 #27B484

analogous

#B4279E #B42757 #B43D27

triadic

#B42757 #57B427 #2757B4

tetradic

#B42757 #9EB427 #27B484 #3D27B4

square

#B42757 #9EB427 #27B484 #3D27B4

split-complementary

#B42757 #27B43D #279EB4

monochromatic

#4F1126 #821C3F #B42757 #D64274 #E17499

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.23

#B42757 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.37

#B42757 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B42757

6.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B42757	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B42757	1.00	6.23	3.37	6.23
#FFFFFF	6.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C4F58

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#706B54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4003C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b42757;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 39, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.4% 0.178 6.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d16f86',
    500: '#b42757',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b42757;
$custom-light: #d16f86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b42757",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 339.574,
    "s": 64.384,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51422,
    "c": 0.1782,
    "h": 6.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.11842
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B42757

secondary

#6FC8AA

accent

#E7AF40

background

#FDF7F8

surface

#FBEDEF

border

#D4C8CA

text

#15080B

muted

#837B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B42757

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

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