#B42E50#B42E50

#B42E50 is a mid, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.122; OKLCH L 51.8% C 0.170 H 10.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B42E50
RGB	rgb(180, 46, 80)
HSL	hsl(345, 59%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(345, 74%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.4%, 55.6%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.59, 55.21, 12.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.59, 56.66, 12.98°)
OKLab	oklab(51.83% 0.1672 0.0321)
OKLCH	oklch(51.83% 0.17 10.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.2494, 12.2395, 8.8314)
Luminance	0.1224 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B42E50 #2EB492

analogous

#B42E93 #B42E50 #B44F2E

triadic

#B42E50 #50B42E #2E50B4

tetradic

#B42E50 #93B42E #2EB492 #4F2EB4

square

#B42E50 #93B42E #2EB492 #4F2EB4

split-complementary

#B42E50 #2EB44F #2E93B4

monochromatic

#531525 #83223A #B42E50 #D24E6F #DE7E97

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.09

#B42E50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.45

#B42E50 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B42E50

6.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B42E50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B42E50	1.00	6.09	3.45	6.09
#FFFFFF	6.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#515151

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#736C4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5053C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b42e50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 46, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.8% 0.170 10.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d17280',
    500: '#b42e50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b42e50;
$custom-light: #d17280;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b42e50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 344.776,
    "s": 59.292,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51827,
    "c": 0.17029,
    "h": 10.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.12236
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B42E50

secondary

#77C7B3

accent

#E2BB45

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEDEE

border

#D4C8C9

text

#15090A

muted

#837B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B42E50

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

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