#B42C8E#B42C8E

#B42C8E is a mid, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.135; OKLCH L 53.9% C 0.197 H 341.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B42C8E
RGB	rgb(180, 44, 142)
HSL	hsl(317, 61%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(317, 76%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.6%, 21.1%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.45, 62.42, -22.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.45, 66.52, 339.79°)
OKLab	oklab(53.87% 0.1874 -0.0618)
OKLCH	oklch(53.87% 0.197 341.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.6064, 13.4602, 26.8881)
Luminance	0.1346 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B42C8E #2CB452

analogous

#962CB4 #B42C8E #B42C4A

triadic

#B42C8E #8EB42C #2C8EB4

tetradic

#B42C8E #B4962C #2CB452 #2C4AB4

square

#B42C8E #B4962C #2CB452 #2C4AB4

split-complementary

#B42C8E #4AB42C #2CB496

monochromatic

#521440 #832067 #B42C8E #D34AAD #DF7CC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.69

#B42C8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.69

#B42C8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B42C8E

5.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B42C8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B42C8E	1.00	5.69	3.69	5.69
#FFFFFF	5.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#395991

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#646F8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF2E5A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b42c8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 44, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.9% 0.197 341.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf73af',
    500: '#b42c8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b42c8e;
$custom-light: #cf73af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b42c8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 316.765,
    "s": 60.714,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53866,
    "c": 0.19731,
    "h": 341.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.13458
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B42C8E

secondary

#75C78C

accent

#E47144

background

#FDF7FA

surface

#FAEDF4

border

#D3C8CE

text

#140910

muted

#837B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B42C8E

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

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