#B42B4E#B42B4E

#B42B4E is a mid, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.120; OKLCH L 51.5% C 0.173 H 11.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B42B4E
RGB	rgb(180, 43, 78)
HSL	hsl(345, 61%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(345, 76%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.1%, 56.7%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.19, 56.06, 13.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.19, 57.65, 13.47°)
OKLab	oklab(51.51% 0.1697 0.0337)
OKLCH	oklch(51.51% 0.173 11.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.0635, 11.9841, 8.4103)
Luminance	0.1198 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B42B4E #2BB491

analogous

#B42B92 #B42B4E #B44D2B

triadic

#B42B4E #4EB42B #2B4EB4

tetradic

#B42B4E #92B42B #2BB491 #4D2BB4

square

#B42B4E #92B42B #2BB491 #4D2BB4

split-complementary

#B42B4E #2BB44D #2B92B4

monochromatic

#511323 #831F39 #B42B4E #D3496C #DF7A94

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.18

#B42B4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.40

#B42B4E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B42B4E

6.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B42B4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B42B4E	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)

#504F4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#736B4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5003A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b42b4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 43, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.5% 0.173 11.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1717f',
    500: '#b42b4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b42b4e;
$custom-light: #d1717f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b42b4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 344.672,
    "s": 61.435,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51514,
    "c": 0.17299,
    "h": 11.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.11981
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B42B4E

secondary

#73C7B2

accent

#E5BB43

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEDEE

border

#D4C8C9

text

#15080A

muted

#837B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B42B4E

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

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