#B42972#B42972

#B42972 is a mid, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.125; OKLCH L 52.5% C 0.185 H 353.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B42972
RGB	rgb(180, 41, 114)
HSL	hsl(328, 63%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(328, 77%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.2%, 36.7%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.01, 59.96, -7.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.01, 60.49, 352.43°)
OKLab	oklab(52.46% 0.1841 -0.0203)
OKLCH	oklch(52.46% 0.185 353.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.6541, 12.5069, 17.1374)
Luminance	0.1250 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B42972 #29B46B

analogous

#B029B4 #B42972 #B4292D

triadic

#B42972 #72B429 #2972B4

tetradic

#B42972 #B4B029 #29B46B #292DB4

square

#B42972 #B4B029 #29B46B #292DB4

split-complementary

#B42972 #2DB429 #29B4B0

monochromatic

#501233 #821E52 #B42972 #D54591 #E077AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.00

#B42972 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.50

#B42972 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B42972

6.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B42972	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B42972	1.00	6.00	3.50	6.00
#FFFFFF	6.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#445374

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B6C6F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2194A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b42972;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 41, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.5% 0.185 353.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf719a',
    500: '#b42972',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b42972;
$custom-light: #cf719a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b42972",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 328.489,
    "s": 62.896,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52456,
    "c": 0.18525,
    "h": 353.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.12504
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B42972

secondary

#71C89A

accent

#E69042

background

#FDF7F9

surface

#FAEDF2

border

#D3C8CC

text

#15090E

muted

#837B7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #B42972

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

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