#B42E57#B42E57

#B42E57 is a mid, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.123; OKLCH L 52.0% C 0.171 H 7.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B42E57
RGB	rgb(180, 46, 87)
HSL	hsl(342, 59%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(342, 74%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.4%, 51.7%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.76, 55.77, 8.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.76, 56.42, 8.73°)
OKLab	oklab(52.01% 0.1699 0.0221)
OKLCH	oklch(52.01% 0.171 7.4)
XYZ	xyz(21.5216, 12.3484, 10.2652)
Luminance	0.1235 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B42E57 #2EB48B

analogous

#B42E9A #B42E57 #B4482E

triadic

#B42E57 #57B42E #2E57B4

tetradic

#B42E57 #9AB42E #2EB48B #482EB4

square

#B42E57 #9AB42E #2EB48B #482EB4

split-complementary

#B42E57 #2EB448 #2E9AB4

monochromatic

#531528 #83223F #B42E57 #D24E76 #DE7E9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.05

#B42E57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.47

#B42E57 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B42E57

6.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B42E57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B42E57	1.00	6.05	3.47	6.05
#FFFFFF	6.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F5158

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#726C54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C40C3F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b42e57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 46, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.0% 0.171 7.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d07286',
    500: '#b42e57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b42e57;
$custom-light: #d07286;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b42e57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 341.642,
    "s": 59.292,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52008,
    "c": 0.17138,
    "h": 7.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.12345
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B42E57

secondary

#77C7AE

accent

#E2B245

background

#FDF7F8

surface

#FBEDEF

border

#D4C8CA

text

#15090B

muted

#837B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B42E57

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

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