#B23659#B23659

#B23659 is a mid, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.128; OKLCH L 52.5% C 0.161 H 7.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23659
RGB	rgb(178, 54, 89)
HSL	hsl(343, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(343, 70%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.7%, 50%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.50, 52.41, 8.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.50, 53.07, 9.00°)
OKLab	oklab(52.5% 0.1596 0.0215)
OKLCH	oklch(52.5% 0.161 7.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.4842, 12.8274, 10.7939)
Luminance	0.1283 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23659 #36B28F

analogous

#B23697 #B23659 #B25136

triadic

#B23659 #59B236 #3659B2

tetradic

#B23659 #97B236 #36B28F #5136B2

square

#B23659 #97B236 #36B28F #5136B2

split-complementary

#B23659 #36B251 #3697B2

monochromatic

#541A2A #832842 #B23659 #CD5979 #DB889F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.89

#B23659 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.57

#B23659 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23659

5.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23659	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23659	1.00	5.89	3.57	5.89
#FFFFFF	5.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#53555A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#736D56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C22044

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23659;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 54, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.5% 0.161 7.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf7687',
    500: '#b23659',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23659;
$custom-light: #cf7687;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23659",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 343.065,
    "s": 53.448,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52503,
    "c": 0.16102,
    "h": 7.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.12825
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23659

secondary

#7FC5B1

accent

#DDB44B

background

#FDF7F8

surface

#FAEDEF

border

#D3C8CA

text

#15090B

muted

#837B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23659

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

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