#B42E8C#B42E8C

#B42E8C is a mid, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.136; OKLCH L 53.9% C 0.194 H 342.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B42E8C
RGB	rgb(180, 46, 140)
HSL	hsl(318, 59%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(318, 74%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.4%, 22.2%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.59, 61.52, -21.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.59, 65.19, 340.69°)
OKLab	oklab(53.94% 0.1851 -0.0578)
OKLCH	oklch(53.94% 0.194 342.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.5339, 13.5533, 26.1299)
Luminance	0.1355 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B42E8C #2EB456

analogous

#992EB4 #B42E8C #B42E49

triadic

#B42E8C #8CB42E #2E8CB4

tetradic

#B42E8C #B4992E #2EB456 #2E49B4

square

#B42E8C #B4992E #2EB456 #2E49B4

split-complementary

#B42E8C #49B42E #2EB499

monochromatic

#531540 #832266 #B42E8C #D24EAA #DE7EC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.66

#B42E8C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.71

#B42E8C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B42E8C

5.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B42E8C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B42E8C	1.00	5.66	3.71	5.66
#FFFFFF	5.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3C598F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#656F89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C02F59

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b42e8c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 46, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.9% 0.194 342.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce74ad',
    500: '#b42e8c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b42e8c;
$custom-light: #ce74ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b42e8c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 317.91,
    "s": 59.292,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53937,
    "c": 0.19392,
    "h": 342.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.13551
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B42E8C

secondary

#77C78F

accent

#E27445

background

#FDF7FA

surface

#FAEDF4

border

#D3C8CE

text

#140910

muted

#837B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B42E8C

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

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