#B23859#B23859

#B23859 is a mid, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.130; OKLCH L 52.7% C 0.159 H 8.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23859
RGB	rgb(178, 56, 89)
HSL	hsl(344, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(344, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.5%, 50%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.79, 51.62, 8.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.79, 52.35, 9.58°)
OKLab	oklab(52.72% 0.157 0.0225)
OKLCH	oklch(52.72% 0.159 8.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.5792, 13.0174, 10.8255)
Luminance	0.1301 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23859 #38B291

analogous

#B23896 #B23859 #B25438

triadic

#B23859 #59B238 #3859B2

tetradic

#B23859 #96B238 #38B291 #5438B2

square

#B23859 #96B238 #38B291 #5438B2

split-complementary

#B23859 #38B254 #3896B2

monochromatic

#551B2A #832942 #B23859 #CC5C7A #DA8AA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.83

#B23859 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.60

#B23859 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23859

5.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23859	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23859	1.00	5.83	3.60	5.83
#FFFFFF	5.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#54565A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#746E56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C22345

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23859;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 56, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.7% 0.159 8.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce7787',
    500: '#b23859',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23859;
$custom-light: #ce7787;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23859",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 343.77,
    "s": 52.137,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52717,
    "c": 0.15865,
    "h": 8.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.13015
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23859

secondary

#81C5B2

accent

#DCB54C

background

#FDF7F8

surface

#FAEEEF

border

#D3C9CA

text

#15090B

muted

#837B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23859

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

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