#B42857#B42857

#B42857 is a mid, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.119; OKLCH L 51.5% C 0.177 H 6.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B42857
RGB	rgb(180, 40, 87)
HSL	hsl(340, 64%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(340, 78%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.8%, 51.7%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.08, 57.70, 7.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.08, 58.20, 7.50°)
OKLab	oklab(51.5% 0.1762 0.0197)
OKLCH	oklch(51.5% 0.177 6.4)
XYZ	xyz(21.3034, 11.9120, 10.1924)
Luminance	0.1191 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B42857 #28B485

analogous

#B4289D #B42857 #B43F28

triadic

#B42857 #57B428 #2857B4

tetradic

#B42857 #9DB428 #28B485 #3F28B4

square

#B42857 #9DB428 #28B485 #3F28B4

split-complementary

#B42857 #28B43F #289DB4

monochromatic

#501227 #821D3F #B42857 #D54475 #E1769A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.21

#B42857 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.38

#B42857 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B42857

6.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B42857	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B42857	1.00	6.21	3.38	6.21
#FFFFFF	6.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C4F58

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#716B54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4003C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b42857;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 40, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.5% 0.177 6.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d17086',
    500: '#b42857',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b42857;
$custom-light: #d17086;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b42857",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 339.857,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.515,
    "c": 0.17727,
    "h": 6.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.11909
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B42857

secondary

#70C8AA

accent

#E7AF41

background

#FDF7F8

surface

#FBEDEF

border

#D4C8CA

text

#15080B

muted

#837B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B42857

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

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