#B42E72#B42E72

#B42E72 is a mid, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.129; OKLCH L 52.9% C 0.180 H 354.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B42E72
RGB	rgb(180, 46, 114)
HSL	hsl(330, 59%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(330, 74%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.4%, 36.7%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.57, 58.37, -7.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.57, 58.80, 353.04°)
OKLab	oklab(52.87% 0.1791 -0.0181)
OKLCH	oklch(52.87% 0.18 354.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.8381, 12.8750, 17.1988)
Luminance	0.1287 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B42E72 #2EB470

analogous

#B32EB4 #B42E72 #B42E2F

triadic

#B42E72 #72B42E #2E72B4

tetradic

#B42E72 #B4B32E #2EB470 #2E2FB4

square

#B42E72 #B4B32E #2EB470 #2E2FB4

split-complementary

#B42E72 #2FB42E #2EB4B3

monochromatic

#531534 #832253 #B42E72 #D24E91 #DE7EAF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.88

#B42E72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.57

#B42E72 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B42E72

5.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B42E72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B42E72	1.00	5.88	3.57	5.88
#FFFFFF	5.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#475574

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D6D6F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2204C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b42e72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 46, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.9% 0.180 354.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf739a',
    500: '#b42e72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b42e72;
$custom-light: #cf739a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b42e72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 329.552,
    "s": 59.292,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52869,
    "c": 0.17999,
    "h": 354.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.12872
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B42E72

secondary

#77C79E

accent

#E29345

background

#FDF7F9

surface

#FAEDF2

border

#D3C8CC

text

#15090E

muted

#837B7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #B42E72

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

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