#B42E5A#B42E5A

#B42E5A is a mid, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.124; OKLCH L 52.1% C 0.172 H 5.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B42E5A
RGB	rgb(180, 46, 90)
HSL	hsl(340, 59%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(340, 74%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.4%, 50%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.84, 56.02, 6.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.84, 56.43, 6.92°)
OKLab	oklab(52.09% 0.1711 0.0178)
OKLCH	oklch(52.09% 0.172 5.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.6467, 12.3984, 10.9241)
Luminance	0.1240 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B42E5A #2EB488

analogous

#B42E9D #B42E5A #B4452E

triadic

#B42E5A #5AB42E #2E5AB4

tetradic

#B42E5A #9DB42E #2EB488 #452EB4

square

#B42E5A #9DB42E #2EB488 #452EB4

split-complementary

#B42E5A #2EB445 #2E9DB4

monochromatic

#531529 #832242 #B42E5A #D24E79 #DE7E9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.04

#B42E5A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.48

#B42E5A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B42E5A

6.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B42E5A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B42E5A	1.00	6.04	3.48	6.04
#FFFFFF	6.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F525B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#726C57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C40F41

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b42e5a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 46, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.1% 0.172 5.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d07288',
    500: '#b42e5a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b42e5a;
$custom-light: #d07288;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b42e5a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 340.299,
    "s": 59.292,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52091,
    "c": 0.17198,
    "h": 5.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.12395
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B42E5A

secondary

#77C7AD

accent

#E2AF45

background

#FDF7F8

surface

#FBEDEF

border

#D4C8CA

text

#15090B

muted

#837B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B42E5A

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

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