#B23556#B23556

#B23556 is a mid, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.127; OKLCH L 52.3% C 0.162 H 9.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23556
RGB	rgb(178, 53, 86)
HSL	hsl(344, 54%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(344, 70%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.2%, 51.7%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.29, 52.54, 9.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.29, 53.46, 10.64°)
OKLab	oklab(52.32% 0.1597 0.0253)
OKLCH	oklch(52.32% 0.162 9)
XYZ	xyz(21.3148, 12.6859, 10.1285)
Luminance	0.1268 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23556 #35B291

analogous

#B23594 #B23556 #B25235

triadic

#B23556 #56B235 #3556B2

tetradic

#B23556 #94B235 #35B291 #5235B2

square

#B23556 #94B235 #35B291 #5235B2

split-complementary

#B23556 #35B252 #3594B2

monochromatic

#541928 #83273F #B23556 #CD5776 #DB869D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.94

#B23556 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.54

#B23556 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23556

5.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23556	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23556	1.00	5.94	3.54	5.94
#FFFFFF	5.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#535457

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#736D53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C21D42

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23556;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 53, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.3% 0.162 9.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf7585',
    500: '#b23556',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23556;
$custom-light: #cf7585;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23556",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 344.16,
    "s": 54.113,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52318,
    "c": 0.16166,
    "h": 9
  },
  "luminance": 0.12683
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23556

secondary

#7EC5B2

accent

#DDB74A

background

#FDF7F8

surface

#FAEDEF

border

#D3C8CA

text

#15090B

muted

#837B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23556

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

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