#B23959#B23959

#B23959 is a mid, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.131; OKLCH L 52.8% C 0.157 H 8.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23959
RGB	rgb(178, 57, 89)
HSL	hsl(344, 51%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(344, 68%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68%, 50%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.94, 51.22, 8.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.94, 51.99, 9.87°)
OKLab	oklab(52.83% 0.1558 0.023)
OKLCH	oklch(52.83% 0.157 8.4)
XYZ	xyz(21.6282, 13.1153, 10.8418)
Luminance	0.1311 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23959 #39B292

analogous

#B23995 #B23959 #B25539

triadic

#B23959 #59B239 #3959B2

tetradic

#B23959 #95B239 #39B292 #5539B2

square

#B23959 #95B239 #39B292 #5539B2

split-complementary

#B23959 #39B255 #3995B2

monochromatic

#551B2B #842A42 #B23959 #CB5D7A #DA8BA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.80

#B23959 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.62

#B23959 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23959

5.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23959	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23959	1.00	5.80	3.62	5.80
#FFFFFF	5.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.62	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#55565A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#746E56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C22446

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23959;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 57, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.8% 0.157 8.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce7787',
    500: '#b23959',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23959;
$custom-light: #ce7787;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23959",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 344.132,
    "s": 51.489,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52826,
    "c": 0.15745,
    "h": 8.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.13113
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23959

secondary

#82C4B3

accent

#DBB54D

background

#FDF7F8

surface

#FAEEEF

border

#D3C9CA

text

#15090B

muted

#837B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23959

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

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