#B23257#B23257

#B23257 is a mid, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.124; OKLCH L 52.0% C 0.165 H 7.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23257
RGB	rgb(178, 50, 87)
HSL	hsl(343, 56%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(343, 72%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.9%, 51.1%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.90, 53.76, 8.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.90, 54.46, 9.20°)
OKLab	oklab(52.04% 0.1637 0.0225)
OKLCH	oklch(52.04% 0.165 7.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.2228, 12.4372, 10.2980)
Luminance	0.1243 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23257 #32B28D

analogous

#B23297 #B23257 #B24D32

triadic

#B23257 #57B232 #3257B2

tetradic

#B23257 #97B232 #32B28D #4D32B2

square

#B23257 #97B232 #32B28D #4D32B2

split-complementary

#B23257 #32B24D #3297B2

monochromatic

#521728 #822540 #B23257 #CF5376 #DC829C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.02

#B23257 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.49

#B23257 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23257

6.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23257	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23257	1.00	6.02	3.49	6.02
#FFFFFF	6.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#515358

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#726C54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C21741

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23257;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 50, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.0% 0.165 7.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf7486',
    500: '#b23257',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23257;
$custom-light: #cf7486;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23257",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 342.656,
    "s": 56.14,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52042,
    "c": 0.16521,
    "h": 7.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.12434
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23257

secondary

#7BC5B0

accent

#DFB448

background

#FDF7F8

surface

#FAEDEF

border

#D3C8CA

text

#15090B

muted

#837B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23257

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

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