#B42957#B42957

#B42957 is a mid, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.120; OKLCH L 51.6% C 0.176 H 6.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B42957
RGB	rgb(180, 41, 87)
HSL	hsl(340, 63%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(340, 77%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.2%, 51.7%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.18, 57.40, 7.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.18, 57.92, 7.69°)
OKLab	oklab(51.58% 0.1752 0.0201)
OKLCH	oklch(51.58% 0.176 6.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.3376, 11.9803, 10.2038)
Luminance	0.1198 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B42957 #29B486

analogous

#B4299C #B42957 #B44029

triadic

#B42957 #57B429 #2957B4

tetradic

#B42957 #9CB429 #29B486 #4029B4

square

#B42957 #9CB429 #29B486 #4029B4

split-complementary

#B42957 #29B440 #299CB4

monochromatic

#501227 #821E3F #B42957 #D54575 #E0779A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.18

#B42957 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.40

#B42957 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B42957

6.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B42957	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B42957	1.00	6.18	3.40	6.18
#FFFFFF	6.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D4F58

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#716B54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4003D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b42957;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 41, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.6% 0.176 6.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d17086',
    500: '#b42957',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b42957;
$custom-light: #d17086;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b42957",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 340.144,
    "s": 62.896,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51581,
    "c": 0.17633,
    "h": 6.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.11977
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B42957

secondary

#71C8AB

accent

#E6B042

background

#FDF7F8

surface

#FBEDEF

border

#D4C8CA

text

#15080B

muted

#837B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B42957

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

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