#B23979#B23979

#B23979 is a mid, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 53.9% C 0.168 H 351.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23979
RGB	rgb(178, 57, 121)
HSL	hsl(328, 51%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(328, 68%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68%, 32%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.91, 54.60, -9.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.91, 55.41, 350.15°)
OKLab	oklab(53.86% 0.1666 -0.0245)
OKLCH	oklch(53.86% 0.168 351.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.2756, 13.7743, 19.5184)
Luminance	0.1377 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23979 #39B272

analogous

#AE39B2 #B23979 #B2393D

triadic

#B23979 #79B239 #3979B2

tetradic

#B23979 #B2AE39 #39B272 #393DB2

square

#B23979 #B2AE39 #39B272 #393DB2

split-complementary

#B23979 #3DB239 #39B2AE

monochromatic

#551B3A #842A59 #B23979 #CB5D97 #DA8BB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.59

#B23979 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.75

#B23979 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23979

5.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23979	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23979	1.00	5.59	3.75	5.59
#FFFFFF	5.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C5A7B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E7076

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF3254

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23979;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 57, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.9% 0.168 351.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd789f',
    500: '#b23979',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23979;
$custom-light: #cd789f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23979",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 328.264,
    "s": 51.489,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53862,
    "c": 0.16838,
    "h": 351.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.13772
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23979

secondary

#82C4A1

accent

#DB904D

background

#FDF7F9

surface

#FAEEF2

border

#D3C9CC

text

#14090E

muted

#837B7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23979

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

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