#B23985#B23985

#B23985 is a mid, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.141; OKLCH L 54.3% C 0.175 H 345.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23985
RGB	rgb(178, 57, 133)
HSL	hsl(322, 51%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(322, 68%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68%, 25.3%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.36, 56.12, -16.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.36, 58.39, 343.96°)
OKLab	oklab(54.34% 0.1697 -0.0428)
OKLCH	oklch(54.34% 0.175 345.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.0578, 14.0872, 23.6379)
Luminance	0.1409 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23985 #39B266

analogous

#A239B2 #B23985 #B23948

triadic

#B23985 #85B239 #3985B2

tetradic

#B23985 #B2A239 #39B266 #3948B2

square

#B23985 #B2A239 #39B266 #3948B2

split-complementary

#B23985 #48B239 #39B2A2

monochromatic

#551B40 #842A62 #B23985 #CB5DA2 #DA8BBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.50

#B23985 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.82

#B23985 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23985

5.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23985	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23985	1.00	5.50	3.82	5.50
#FFFFFF	5.50	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.50	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#475C87

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A7082

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE375A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23985;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 57, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.3% 0.175 345.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd78a8',
    500: '#b23985',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23985;
$custom-light: #cd78a8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23985",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 322.314,
    "s": 51.489,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5434,
    "c": 0.17497,
    "h": 345.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.14085
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23985

secondary

#82C49B

accent

#DB824D

background

#FDF7FA

surface

#FAEEF4

border

#D3C9CE

text

#140A0F

muted

#837C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23985

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

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