#B23261#B23261

#B23261 is a mid, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.126; OKLCH L 52.3% C 0.168 H 2.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23261
RGB	rgb(178, 50, 97)
HSL	hsl(338, 56%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(338, 72%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.9%, 45.5%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.17, 54.66, 2.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.17, 54.73, 2.97°)
OKLab	oklab(52.33% 0.1674 0.0079)
OKLCH	oklch(52.33% 0.168 2.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.6601, 12.6120, 12.6007)
Luminance	0.1261 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23261 #32B283

analogous

#B232A1 #B23261 #B24332

triadic

#B23261 #61B232 #3261B2

tetradic

#B23261 #A1B232 #32B283 #4332B2

square

#B23261 #A1B232 #32B283 #4332B2

split-complementary

#B23261 #32B243 #32A1B2

monochromatic

#52172D #822547 #B23261 #CF5380 #DC82A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.96

#B23261 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.52

#B23261 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23261

5.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23261	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23261	1.00	5.96	3.52	5.96
#FFFFFF	5.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E5462

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#716D5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C11D46

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23261;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 50, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.3% 0.168 2.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce748d',
    500: '#b23261',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23261;
$custom-light: #ce748d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23261",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 337.969,
    "s": 56.14,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5233,
    "c": 0.16755,
    "h": 2.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.12609
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23261

secondary

#7BC5AA

accent

#DFA848

background

#FDF7F8

surface

#FAEDF0

border

#D3C8CB

text

#15090C

muted

#837B7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23261

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

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