#B23559#B23559

#B23559 is a mid, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.127; OKLCH L 52.4% C 0.162 H 7.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23559
RGB	rgb(178, 53, 89)
HSL	hsl(343, 54%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(343, 70%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.2%, 50%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.36, 52.80, 8.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.36, 53.42, 8.73°)
OKLab	oklab(52.4% 0.1608 0.021)
OKLCH	oklch(52.4% 0.162 7.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.4382, 12.7353, 10.7785)
Luminance	0.1273 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23559 #35B28E

analogous

#B23597 #B23559 #B24F35

triadic

#B23559 #59B235 #3559B2

tetradic

#B23559 #97B235 #35B28E #4F35B2

square

#B23559 #97B235 #35B28E #4F35B2

split-complementary

#B23559 #35B24F #3597B2

monochromatic

#54192A #832741 #B23559 #CD5779 #DB869F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.92

#B23559 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.55

#B23559 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23559

5.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23559	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23559	1.00	5.92	3.55	5.92
#FFFFFF	5.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#52545A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#736D56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C21E44

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23559;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 53, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.4% 0.162 7.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf7587',
    500: '#b23559',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23559;
$custom-light: #cf7587;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23559",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 342.72,
    "s": 54.113,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52399,
    "c": 0.16218,
    "h": 7.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.12732
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23559

secondary

#7EC5B0

accent

#DDB34A

background

#FDF7F8

surface

#FAEDEF

border

#D3C8CA

text

#15090B

muted

#837B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23559

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

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