#B42A79#B42A79

#B42A79 is a mid, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.127; OKLCH L 52.8% C 0.188 H 350.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B42A79
RGB	rgb(180, 42, 121)
HSL	hsl(326, 62%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(326, 77%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.7%, 32.8%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.37, 60.44, -11.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.37, 61.57, 348.99°)
OKLab	oklab(52.8% 0.185 -0.0306)
OKLCH	oklch(52.8% 0.188 350.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.1029, 12.7424, 19.3284)
Luminance	0.1274 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B42A79 #2AB465

analogous

#AA2AB4 #B42A79 #B42A34

triadic

#B42A79 #79B42A #2A79B4

tetradic

#B42A79 #B4AA2A #2AB465 #2A34B4

square

#B42A79 #B4AA2A #2AB465 #2A34B4

split-complementary

#B42A79 #34B42A #2AB4AA

monochromatic

#511336 #821E58 #B42A79 #D44798 #E079B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.92

#B42A79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.55

#B42A79 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B42A79

5.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B42A79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B42A79	1.00	5.92	3.55	5.92
#FFFFFF	5.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#42547B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A6D76

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C21F4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b42a79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 42, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.8% 0.188 350.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf729f',
    500: '#b42a79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b42a79;
$custom-light: #cf729f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b42a79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 325.652,
    "s": 62.162,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52804,
    "c": 0.18753,
    "h": 350.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.1274
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B42A79

secondary

#72C897

accent

#E58843

background

#FDF7F9

surface

#FAEDF2

border

#D3C8CC

text

#15090E

muted

#837B7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #B42A79

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

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