#B42B79#B42B79

#B42B79 is a mid, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.128; OKLCH L 52.9% C 0.186 H 350.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B42B79
RGB	rgb(180, 43, 121)
HSL	hsl(326, 61%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(326, 76%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.1%, 32.8%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.48, 60.13, -11.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.48, 61.23, 349.09°)
OKLab	oklab(52.88% 0.1841 -0.0301)
OKLCH	oklch(52.88% 0.187 350.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.1388, 12.8143, 19.3403)
Luminance	0.1281 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B42B79 #2BB466

analogous

#AA2BB4 #B42B79 #B42B35

triadic

#B42B79 #79B42B #2B79B4

tetradic

#B42B79 #B4AA2B #2BB466 #2B35B4

square

#B42B79 #B4AA2B #2BB466 #2B35B4

split-complementary

#B42B79 #35B42B #2BB4AA

monochromatic

#511337 #831F58 #B42B79 #D34998 #DF7AB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.89

#B42B79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.56

#B42B79 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B42B79

5.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B42B79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B42B79	1.00	5.89	3.56	5.89
#FFFFFF	5.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#43557B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A6D76

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2214E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b42b79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 43, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.9% 0.186 350.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf729f',
    500: '#b42b79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b42b79;
$custom-light: #cf729f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b42b79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 325.839,
    "s": 61.435,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52884,
    "c": 0.1865,
    "h": 350.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.12812
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B42B79

secondary

#73C798

accent

#E58943

background

#FDF7F9

surface

#FAEDF2

border

#D3C8CC

text

#14090E

muted

#837B7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #B42B79

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

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