#B5224E#B5224E

#B5224E is a mid, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.115; OKLCH L 51.0% C 0.182 H 9.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5224E
RGB	rgb(181, 34, 78)
HSL	hsl(342, 68%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(342, 81%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 81.2%, 56.9%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.44, 59.00, 12.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.44, 60.30, 11.90°)
OKLab	oklab(51% 0.179 0.0313)
OKLCH	oklch(51% 0.182 9.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.0053, 11.5210, 8.3240)
Luminance	0.1152 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5224E #22B589

analogous

#B52297 #B5224E #B54022

triadic

#B5224E #4EB522 #224EB5

tetradic

#B5224E #97B522 #22B589 #4022B5

square

#B5224E #97B522 #22B589 #4022B5

split-complementary

#B5224E #22B540 #2297B5

monochromatic

#4E0F22 #811838 #B5224E #DA3A6A #E46E91

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.36

#B5224E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.30

#B5224E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B5224E

6.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5224E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B5224E	1.00	6.36	3.30	6.36
#FFFFFF	6.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C4C4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#716A4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C60036

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5224e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 34, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.0% 0.182 9.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d26d7f',
    500: '#b5224e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5224e;
$custom-light: #d26d7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5224e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 342.041,
    "s": 68.372,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50998,
    "c": 0.18176,
    "h": 9.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.11518
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5224E

secondary

#69CAAD

accent

#EBB73D

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEDEE

border

#D4C8C9

text

#15080A

muted

#837B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5224E

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

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