#B42E5E#B42E5E

#B42E5E is a mid, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.125; OKLCH L 52.2% C 0.173 H 4.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B42E5E
RGB	rgb(180, 46, 94)
HSL	hsl(339, 59%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(339, 74%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.4%, 47.8%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.95, 56.37, 4.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.95, 56.55, 4.50°)
OKLab	oklab(52.21% 0.1725 0.012)
OKLCH	oklch(52.21% 0.173 4)
XYZ	xyz(21.8216, 12.4684, 11.8450)
Luminance	0.1246 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B42E5E #2EB484

analogous

#B42EA1 #B42E5E #B4412E

triadic

#B42E5E #5EB42E #2E5EB4

tetradic

#B42E5E #A1B42E #2EB484 #412EB4

square

#B42E5E #A1B42E #2EB484 #412EB4

split-complementary

#B42E5E #2EB441 #2EA1B4

monochromatic

#53152B #832245 #B42E5E #D24E7D #DE7EA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.01

#B42E5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.49

#B42E5E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B42E5E

6.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B42E5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B42E5E	1.00	6.01	3.49	6.01
#FFFFFF	6.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E525F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#716D5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C41242

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b42e5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 46, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.2% 0.173 4.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0728b',
    500: '#b42e5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b42e5e;
$custom-light: #d0728b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b42e5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 338.507,
    "s": 59.292,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52207,
    "c": 0.17294,
    "h": 4
  },
  "luminance": 0.12465
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B42E5E

secondary

#77C7AA

accent

#E2AA45

background

#FDF7F8

surface

#FBEDF0

border

#D4C8CB

text

#15090C

muted

#837B7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B42E5E

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

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