#B42856#B42856

#B42856 is a mid, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.119; OKLCH L 51.5% C 0.177 H 6.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B42856
RGB	rgb(180, 40, 86)
HSL	hsl(340, 64%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(340, 78%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.8%, 52.2%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.05, 57.62, 8.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.05, 58.20, 8.09°)
OKLab	oklab(51.47% 0.1758 0.0212)
OKLCH	oklch(51.47% 0.177 6.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.2628, 11.8958, 9.9788)
Luminance	0.1189 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B42856 #28B486

analogous

#B4289C #B42856 #B44028

triadic

#B42856 #56B428 #2856B4

tetradic

#B42856 #9CB428 #28B486 #4028B4

square

#B42856 #9CB428 #28B486 #4028B4

split-complementary

#B42856 #28B440 #289CB4

monochromatic

#501226 #821D3E #B42856 #D54474 #E17699

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.22

#B42856 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.38

#B42856 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B42856

6.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B42856	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B42856	1.00	6.22	3.38	6.22
#FFFFFF	6.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C4F57

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#716B53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4003C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b42856;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 40, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.5% 0.177 6.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d17085',
    500: '#b42856',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b42856;
$custom-light: #d17085;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b42856",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 340.286,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51473,
    "c": 0.17706,
    "h": 6.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.11893
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B42856

secondary

#70C8AB

accent

#E7B041

background

#FDF7F8

surface

#FBEDEF

border

#D4C8CA

text

#15080B

muted

#837B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B42856

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

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