#B42F55#B42F55

#B42F55 is a mid, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.124; OKLCH L 52.0% C 0.170 H 8.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B42F55
RGB	rgb(180, 47, 85)
HSL	hsl(343, 59%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(343, 74%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.9%, 52.8%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.84, 55.26, 9.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.84, 56.14, 10.18°)
OKLab	oklab(52.05% 0.1681 0.0254)
OKLCH	oklch(52.05% 0.17 8.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.4805, 12.3952, 9.8540)
Luminance	0.1239 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B42F55 #2FB48E

analogous

#B42F98 #B42F55 #B44C2F

triadic

#B42F55 #55B42F #2F55B4

tetradic

#B42F55 #98B42F #2FB48E #4C2FB4

square

#B42F55 #98B42F #2FB48E #4C2FB4

split-complementary

#B42F55 #2FB44C #2F98B4

monochromatic

#531627 #83223E #B42F55 #D14F74 #DE809B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.04

#B42F55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.48

#B42F55 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B42F55

6.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B42F55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B42F55	1.00	6.04	3.48	6.04
#FFFFFF	6.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#505256

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#736C52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C40D3F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b42f55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 47, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.0% 0.170 8.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d17384',
    500: '#b42f55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b42f55;
$custom-light: #d17384;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b42f55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 342.857,
    "s": 58.59,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52046,
    "c": 0.16998,
    "h": 8.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.12392
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B42F55

secondary

#78C7B0

accent

#E2B546

background

#FDF7F8

surface

#FBEDEF

border

#D4C8CA

text

#15090A

muted

#837B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B42F55

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

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