#B23159#B23159

#B23159 is a mid, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.124; OKLCH L 52.0% C 0.167 H 6.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23159
RGB	rgb(178, 49, 89)
HSL	hsl(341, 57%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(341, 72%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.5%, 50%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.82, 54.29, 7.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.82, 54.79, 7.70°)
OKLab	oklab(52% 0.1656 0.0192)
OKLCH	oklch(52% 0.167 6.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.2634, 12.3857, 10.7202)
Luminance	0.1238 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23159 #31B28A

analogous

#B2319A #B23159 #B24931

triadic

#B23159 #59B231 #3159B2

tetradic

#B23159 #9AB231 #31B28A #4931B2

square

#B23159 #9AB231 #31B28A #4931B2

split-complementary

#B23159 #31B249 #319AB2

monochromatic

#521729 #822441 #B23159 #CF5178 #DC819D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.04

#B23159 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.48

#B23159 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23159

6.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23159	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23159	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)

#50525A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#726C56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C21742

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23159;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 49, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.0% 0.167 6.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf7387',
    500: '#b23159',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23159;
$custom-light: #cf7387;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23159",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 341.395,
    "s": 56.828,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52,
    "c": 0.16669,
    "h": 6.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.12383
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23159

secondary

#79C5AE

accent

#E0B148

background

#FDF7F8

surface

#FAEDEF

border

#D3C8CA

text

#15090B

muted

#837B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23159

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

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