#B42E9C#B42E9C

#B42E9C is a mid, highly saturated pink. Relative luminance 0.141; OKLCH L 54.7% C 0.204 H 336.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B42E9C
RGB	rgb(180, 46, 156)
HSL	hsl(311, 59%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(311, 74%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.4%, 13.3%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.32, 63.75, -30.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.32, 70.49, 334.74°)
OKLab	oklab(54.71% 0.1873 -0.0819)
OKLCH	oklch(54.71% 0.204 336.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.8006, 14.0600, 32.8011)
Luminance	0.1406 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B42E9C #2EB446

analogous

#892EB4 #B42E9C #B42E59

triadic

#B42E9C #9CB42E #2E9CB4

tetradic

#B42E9C #B4892E #2EB446 #2E59B4

square

#B42E9C #B4892E #2EB446 #2E59B4

split-complementary

#B42E9C #59B42E #2EB489

monochromatic

#531548 #832272 #B42E9C #D24EBA #DE7ECD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.51

#B42E9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.81

#B42E9C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B42E9C

5.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B42E9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B42E9C	1.00	5.51	3.81	5.51
#FFFFFF	5.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#315C9F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F7099

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD3762

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b42e9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 46, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.7% 0.204 336.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce74b9',
    500: '#b42e9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b42e9c;
$custom-light: #ce74b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b42e9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 310.746,
    "s": 59.292,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54706,
    "c": 0.2044,
    "h": 336.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.14058
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B42E9C

secondary

#77C785

accent

#E26145

background

#FDF7FB

surface

#FAEEF6

border

#D3C9D0

text

#140911

muted

#837B80

Preview Lab

Preview with #B42E9C

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

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