#B42E5F#B42E5F

#B42E5F is a mid, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.125; OKLCH L 52.2% C 0.173 H 3.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B42E5F
RGB	rgb(180, 46, 95)
HSL	hsl(338, 59%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(338, 74%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.4%, 47.2%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.98, 56.46, 3.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.98, 56.60, 3.90°)
OKLab	oklab(52.24% 0.1729 0.0105)
OKLCH	oklch(52.24% 0.173 3.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.8667, 12.4864, 12.0829)
Luminance	0.1248 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B42E5F #2EB483

analogous

#B42EA2 #B42E5F #B4402E

triadic

#B42E5F #5FB42E #2E5FB4

tetradic

#B42E5F #A2B42E #2EB483 #402EB4

square

#B42E5F #A2B42E #2EB483 #402EB4

split-complementary

#B42E5F #2EB440 #2EA2B4

monochromatic

#53152C #832245 #B42E5F #D24E7E #DE7EA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.01

#B42E5F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.50

#B42E5F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B42E5F

6.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B42E5F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B42E5F	1.00	6.01	3.50	6.01
#FFFFFF	6.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D5260

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#716D5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C41343

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b42e5f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 46, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.2% 0.173 3.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0728c',
    500: '#b42e5f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b42e5f;
$custom-light: #d0728c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b42e5f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 338.06,
    "s": 59.292,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52237,
    "c": 0.17321,
    "h": 3.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.12484
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B42E5F

secondary

#77C7AA

accent

#E2A945

background

#FDF7F8

surface

#FBEDF0

border

#D4C8CB

text

#15090C

muted

#837B7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B42E5F

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

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