#B42F57#B42F57

#B42F57 is a mid, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.124; OKLCH L 52.1% C 0.170 H 7.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B42F57
RGB	rgb(180, 47, 87)
HSL	hsl(342, 59%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(342, 74%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.9%, 51.7%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.89, 55.42, 8.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.89, 56.11, 8.96°)
OKLab	oklab(52.1% 0.1688 0.0226)
OKLCH	oklch(52.1% 0.17 7.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.5611, 12.4274, 10.2783)
Luminance	0.1242 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B42F57 #2FB48C

analogous

#B42F9A #B42F57 #B44A2F

triadic

#B42F57 #57B42F #2F57B4

tetradic

#B42F57 #9AB42F #2FB48C #4A2FB4

square

#B42F57 #9AB42F #2FB48C #4A2FB4

split-complementary

#B42F57 #2FB44A #2F9AB4

monochromatic

#531628 #832240 #B42F57 #D14F76 #DE809C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.03

#B42F57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.48

#B42F57 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B42F57

6.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B42F57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B42F57	1.00	6.03	3.48	6.03
#FFFFFF	6.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#505258

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#736D54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C40F40

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b42f57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 47, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.1% 0.170 7.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d07386',
    500: '#b42f57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b42f57;
$custom-light: #d07386;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b42f57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 341.955,
    "s": 58.59,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52099,
    "c": 0.17033,
    "h": 7.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.12424
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B42F57

secondary

#78C7AF

accent

#E2B346

background

#FDF7F8

surface

#FBEDEF

border

#D4C8CA

text

#15090B

muted

#837B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B42F57

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

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