#B23259#B23259

#B23259 is a mid, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.125; OKLCH L 52.1% C 0.166 H 6.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23259
RGB	rgb(178, 50, 89)
HSL	hsl(342, 56%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(342, 72%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.9%, 50%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.95, 53.93, 7.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.95, 54.45, 7.95°)
OKLab	oklab(52.1% 0.1644 0.0196)
OKLCH	oklch(52.1% 0.166 6.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.3057, 12.4703, 10.7343)
Luminance	0.1247 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23259 #32B28B

analogous

#B23299 #B23259 #B24B32

triadic

#B23259 #59B232 #3259B2

tetradic

#B23259 #99B232 #32B28B #4B32B2

square

#B23259 #99B232 #32B28B #4B32B2

split-complementary

#B23259 #32B24B #3299B2

monochromatic

#521729 #822541 #B23259 #CF5378 #DC829E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.01

#B23259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.49

#B23259 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23259

6.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23259	1.00	6.01	3.49	6.01
#FFFFFF	6.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#50535A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#726C56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C21942

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 50, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.1% 0.166 6.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf7487',
    500: '#b23259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23259;
$custom-light: #cf7487;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 341.719,
    "s": 56.14,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52097,
    "c": 0.16559,
    "h": 6.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.12467
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23259

secondary

#7BC5AE

accent

#DFB148

background

#FDF7F8

surface

#FAEDEF

border

#D3C8CA

text

#15090B

muted

#837B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23259

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

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