#B42E6E#B42E6E

#B42E6E is a mid, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.128; OKLCH L 52.7% C 0.178 H 356.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B42E6E
RGB	rgb(180, 46, 110)
HSL	hsl(331, 59%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(331, 74%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.4%, 38.9%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.44, 57.94, -4.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.44, 58.14, 355.23°)
OKLab	oklab(52.73% 0.1779 -0.012)
OKLCH	oklch(52.73% 0.178 356.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.6154, 12.7859, 16.0258)
Luminance	0.1278 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B42E6E #2EB474

analogous

#B42EB1 #B42E6E #B4312E

triadic

#B42E6E #6EB42E #2E6EB4

tetradic

#B42E6E #B1B42E #2EB474 #312EB4

square

#B42E6E #B1B42E #2EB474 #312EB4

split-complementary

#B42E6E #2EB431 #2EB1B4

monochromatic

#531532 #832250 #B42E6E #D24E8D #DE7EAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.90

#B42E6E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.56

#B42E6E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B42E6E

5.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B42E6E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B42E6E	1.00	5.90	3.56	5.90
#FFFFFF	5.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#495470

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E6D6B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C31E4A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b42e6e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 46, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.7% 0.178 356.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf7397',
    500: '#b42e6e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b42e6e;
$custom-light: #cf7397;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b42e6e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 331.343,
    "s": 59.292,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52725,
    "c": 0.17829,
    "h": 356.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.12783
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B42E6E

secondary

#77C7A1

accent

#E29745

background

#FDF7F9

surface

#FAEDF2

border

#D3C8CC

text

#15090D

muted

#837B7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #B42E6E

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

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