#B42859#B42859

#B42859 is a mid, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.119; OKLCH L 51.6% C 0.178 H 5.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B42859
RGB	rgb(180, 40, 89)
HSL	hsl(339, 64%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(339, 78%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.8%, 50.6%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.13, 57.87, 6.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.13, 58.22, 6.32°)
OKLab	oklab(51.56% 0.1769 0.0168)
OKLCH	oklch(51.56% 0.178 5.4)
XYZ	xyz(21.3863, 11.9451, 10.6288)
Luminance	0.1194 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B42859 #28B483

analogous

#B4289F #B42859 #B43D28

triadic

#B42859 #59B428 #2859B4

tetradic

#B42859 #9FB428 #28B483 #3D28B4

square

#B42859 #9FB428 #28B483 #3D28B4

split-complementary

#B42859 #28B43D #289FB4

monochromatic

#501227 #821D40 #B42859 #D54477 #E1769B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.20

#B42859 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.39

#B42859 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B42859

6.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B42859	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B42859	1.00	6.20	3.39	6.20
#FFFFFF	6.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C4F5A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#706B56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4003D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b42859;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 40, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.6% 0.178 5.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d17087',
    500: '#b42859',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b42859;
$custom-light: #d17087;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b42859",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 339,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51556,
    "c": 0.17771,
    "h": 5.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.11942
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B42859

secondary

#70C8A9

accent

#E7AD41

background

#FDF7F8

surface

#FBEDEF

border

#D4C8CA

text

#15080B

muted

#837B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B42859

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

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