#B23A8B#B23A8B

#B23A8B is a mid, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.144; OKLCH L 54.7% C 0.177 H 343.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23A8B
RGB	rgb(178, 58, 139)
HSL	hsl(320, 51%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(320, 67%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.4%, 21.9%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.74, 56.54, -19.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.74, 59.71, 341.25°)
OKLab	oklab(54.7% 0.1698 -0.0513)
OKLCH	oklch(54.7% 0.177 343.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.5341, 14.3576, 25.9003)
Luminance	0.1436 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23A8B #3AB261

analogous

#9D3AB2 #B23A8B #B23A4F

triadic

#B23A8B #8BB23A #3A8BB2

tetradic

#B23A8B #B29D3A #3AB261 #3A4FB2

square

#B23A8B #B29D3A #3AB261 #3A4FB2

split-complementary

#B23A8B #4FB23A #3AB29D

monochromatic

#561C43 #842B67 #B23A8B #CB5FA8 #DA8DC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.42

#B23A8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.87

#B23A8B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23A8B

5.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23A8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23A8B	1.00	5.42	3.87	5.42
#FFFFFF	5.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#455D8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#697188

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD3A5D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23a8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 58, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.7% 0.177 343.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd79ad',
    500: '#b23a8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23a8b;
$custom-light: #cd79ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23a8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 319.5,
    "s": 50.847,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.547,
    "c": 0.17735,
    "h": 343.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.14355
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23A8B

secondary

#83C499

accent

#DA7B4D

background

#FDF7FA

surface

#FAEEF4

border

#D3C9CE

text

#140A10

muted

#837C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23A8B

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

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