#B42E51#B42E51

#B42E51 is a mid, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.123; OKLCH L 51.9% C 0.170 H 10.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B42E51
RGB	rgb(180, 46, 81)
HSL	hsl(344, 59%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(344, 74%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.4%, 55%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.62, 55.29, 12.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.62, 56.60, 12.38°)
OKLab	oklab(51.85% 0.1676 0.0307)
OKLCH	oklch(51.85% 0.17 10.4)
XYZ	xyz(21.2866, 12.2544, 9.0274)
Luminance	0.1225 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B42E51 #2EB491

analogous

#B42E94 #B42E51 #B44E2E

triadic

#B42E51 #51B42E #2E51B4

tetradic

#B42E51 #94B42E #2EB491 #4E2EB4

square

#B42E51 #94B42E #2EB491 #4E2EB4

split-complementary

#B42E51 #2EB44E #2E94B4

monochromatic

#531525 #83223B #B42E51 #D24E70 #DE7E97

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.09

#B42E51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.45

#B42E51 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B42E51

6.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B42E51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B42E51	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)

#515152

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#736C4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5063D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b42e51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 46, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.9% 0.170 10.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d17281',
    500: '#b42e51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b42e51;
$custom-light: #d17281;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b42e51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 344.328,
    "s": 59.292,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51852,
    "c": 0.17041,
    "h": 10.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.12251
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B42E51

secondary

#77C7B2

accent

#E2B945

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEDEE

border

#D4C8C9

text

#15090A

muted

#837B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B42E51

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

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