#B42959#B42959

#B42959 is a mid, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.120; OKLCH L 51.6% C 0.177 H 5.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B42959
RGB	rgb(180, 41, 89)
HSL	hsl(339, 63%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(339, 77%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.2%, 50.6%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.24, 57.56, 6.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.24, 57.94, 6.51°)
OKLab	oklab(51.64% 0.1759 0.0172)
OKLCH	oklch(51.64% 0.177 5.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.4204, 12.0134, 10.6401)
Luminance	0.1201 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B42959 #29B484

analogous

#B4299E #B42959 #B43F29

triadic

#B42959 #59B429 #2959B4

tetradic

#B42959 #9EB429 #29B484 #3F29B4

square

#B42959 #9EB429 #29B484 #3F29B4

split-complementary

#B42959 #29B43F #299EB4

monochromatic

#501228 #821E40 #B42959 #D54577 #E0779B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.17

#B42959 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.40

#B42959 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B42959

6.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B42959	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B42959	1.00	6.17	3.40	6.17
#FFFFFF	6.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C505A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#716B56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4003E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b42959;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 41, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.6% 0.177 5.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d17087',
    500: '#b42959',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b42959;
$custom-light: #d17087;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b42959",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 339.281,
    "s": 62.896,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51636,
    "c": 0.17676,
    "h": 5.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.1201
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B42959

secondary

#71C8AA

accent

#E6AD42

background

#FDF7F8

surface

#FBEDEF

border

#D4C8CA

text

#15080B

muted

#837B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B42959

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

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