#B42853#B42853

#B42853 is a mid, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.118; OKLCH L 51.4% C 0.177 H 8.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B42853
RGB	rgb(180, 40, 83)
HSL	hsl(342, 64%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(342, 78%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.8%, 53.9%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.97, 57.38, 9.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.97, 58.25, 9.86°)
OKLab	oklab(51.39% 0.1747 0.0255)
OKLCH	oklch(51.39% 0.177 8.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.1445, 11.8484, 9.3555)
Luminance	0.1184 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B42853 #28B489

analogous

#B42899 #B42853 #B44328

triadic

#B42853 #53B428 #2853B4

tetradic

#B42853 #99B428 #28B489 #4328B4

square

#B42853 #99B428 #28B489 #4328B4

split-complementary

#B42853 #28B443 #2899B4

monochromatic

#501225 #821D3C #B42853 #D54471 #E17697

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.23

#B42853 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.37

#B42853 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B42853

6.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B42853	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B42853	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)

#4D4F54

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#716B50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5003B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b42853;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 40, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.4% 0.177 8.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d17083',
    500: '#b42853',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b42853;
$custom-light: #d17083;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b42853",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 341.571,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51392,
    "c": 0.17651,
    "h": 8.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.11845
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B42853

secondary

#70C8AD

accent

#E7B441

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEDEE

border

#D4C8C9

text

#15080A

muted

#837B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B42853

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

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