#B23457#B23457

#B23457 is a mid, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.126; OKLCH L 52.2% C 0.163 H 8.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23457
RGB	rgb(178, 52, 87)
HSL	hsl(343, 55%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(343, 71%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.8%, 51.1%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.17, 53.01, 9.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.17, 53.78, 9.73°)
OKLab	oklab(52.24% 0.1613 0.0234)
OKLCH	oklch(52.24% 0.163 8.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.3102, 12.6119, 10.3272)
Luminance	0.1261 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23457 #34B28F

analogous

#B23496 #B23457 #B25034

triadic

#B23457 #57B234 #3457B2

tetradic

#B23457 #96B234 #34B28F #5034B2

square

#B23457 #96B234 #34B28F #5034B2

split-complementary

#B23457 #34B250 #3496B2

monochromatic

#531829 #832640 #B23457 #CE5677 #DB859D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.96

#B23457 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.52

#B23457 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23457

5.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23457	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23457	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)

#525358

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#736D54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C21B42

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23457;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 52, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.2% 0.163 8.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf7586',
    500: '#b23457',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23457;
$custom-light: #cf7586;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23457",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 52,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 343.333,
    "s": 54.783,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52242,
    "c": 0.16296,
    "h": 8.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.12609
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23457

secondary

#7DC5B1

accent

#DEB54A

background

#FDF7F8

surface

#FAEDEF

border

#D3C8CA

text

#15090B

muted

#837B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23457

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

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