#B23161#B23161

#B23161 is a mid, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.125; OKLCH L 52.2% C 0.169 H 2.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23161
RGB	rgb(178, 49, 97)
HSL	hsl(338, 57%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(338, 72%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.5%, 45.5%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.04, 55.02, 2.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.04, 55.09, 2.75°)
OKLab	oklab(52.23% 0.1685 0.0074)
OKLCH	oklch(52.23% 0.169 2.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.6178, 12.5275, 12.5866)
Luminance	0.1253 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23161 #31B282

analogous

#B231A2 #B23161 #B24131

triadic

#B23161 #61B231 #3161B2

tetradic

#B23161 #A2B231 #31B282 #4131B2

square

#B23161 #A2B231 #31B282 #4131B2

split-complementary

#B23161 #31B241 #31A2B2

monochromatic

#52172D #822447 #B23161 #CF5180 #DC81A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.99

#B23161 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.51

#B23161 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23161

5.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23161	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23161	1.00	5.99	3.51	5.99
#FFFFFF	5.99	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.99	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E5362

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#706C5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C11C45

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23161;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 49, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.2% 0.169 2.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce748d',
    500: '#b23161',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23161;
$custom-light: #ce748d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23161",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 337.674,
    "s": 56.828,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52234,
    "c": 0.16868,
    "h": 2.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.12525
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23161

secondary

#79C5A9

accent

#E0A748

background

#FDF7F8

surface

#FAEDF0

border

#D3C8CB

text

#15090C

muted

#837B7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23161

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

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