#B42E61#B42E61

#B42E61 is a mid, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.125; OKLCH L 52.3% C 0.174 H 2.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B42E61
RGB	rgb(180, 46, 97)
HSL	hsl(337, 59%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(337, 74%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.4%, 46.1%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.04, 56.65, 2.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.04, 56.71, 2.71°)
OKLab	oklab(52.3% 0.1736 0.0075)
OKLCH	oklch(52.3% 0.174 2.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.9588, 12.5233, 12.5678)
Luminance	0.1252 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B42E61 #2EB481

analogous

#B42EA4 #B42E61 #B43E2E

triadic

#B42E61 #61B42E #2E61B4

tetradic

#B42E61 #A4B42E #2EB481 #3E2EB4

square

#B42E61 #A4B42E #2EB481 #3E2EB4

split-complementary

#B42E61 #2EB43E #2EA4B4

monochromatic

#53152C #832247 #B42E61 #D24E80 #DE7EA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.99

#B42E61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.50

#B42E61 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B42E61

5.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B42E61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B42E61	1.00	5.99	3.50	5.99
#FFFFFF	5.99	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.99	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D5362

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#716D5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C41544

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b42e61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 46, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.3% 0.174 2.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0738d',
    500: '#b42e61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b42e61;
$custom-light: #d0738d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b42e61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 337.164,
    "s": 59.292,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52297,
    "c": 0.17376,
    "h": 2.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.1252
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B42E61

secondary

#77C7A8

accent

#E2A745

background

#FDF7F8

surface

#FBEDF0

border

#D4C8CB

text

#15090C

muted

#837B7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B42E61

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

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