#B23557#B23557

#B23557 is a mid, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.127; OKLCH L 52.3% C 0.162 H 8.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23557
RGB	rgb(178, 53, 87)
HSL	hsl(344, 54%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(344, 70%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.2%, 51.1%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.31, 52.63, 9.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.31, 53.44, 10.00°)
OKLab	oklab(52.35% 0.16 0.0239)
OKLCH	oklch(52.35% 0.162 8.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.3553, 12.7021, 10.3422)
Luminance	0.1270 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23557 #35B290

analogous

#B23595 #B23557 #B25135

triadic

#B23557 #57B235 #3557B2

tetradic

#B23557 #95B235 #35B290 #5135B2

square

#B23557 #95B235 #35B290 #5135B2

split-complementary

#B23557 #35B251 #3595B2

monochromatic

#541929 #832740 #B23557 #CD5777 #DB869D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.93

#B23557 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.54

#B23557 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23557

5.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23557	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23557	1.00	5.93	3.54	5.93
#FFFFFF	5.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#535458

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#736D54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C21D43

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23557;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 53, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.3% 0.162 8.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf7586',
    500: '#b23557',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23557;
$custom-light: #cf7586;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23557",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 343.68,
    "s": 54.113,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52345,
    "c": 0.16182,
    "h": 8.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.12699
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23557

secondary

#7EC5B2

accent

#DDB54A

background

#FDF7F8

surface

#FAEDEF

border

#D3C8CA

text

#15090B

muted

#837B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23557

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

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