#B23A8D#B23A8D

#B23A8D is a mid, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.144; OKLCH L 54.8% C 0.179 H 342.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23A8D
RGB	rgb(178, 58, 141)
HSL	hsl(319, 51%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(319, 67%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.4%, 20.8%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.82, 56.82, -20.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.82, 60.33, 340.36°)
OKLab	oklab(54.79% 0.1702 -0.0543)
OKLCH	oklch(54.79% 0.179 342.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.6816, 14.4166, 26.6769)
Luminance	0.1441 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23A8D #3AB25F

analogous

#9B3AB2 #B23A8D #B23A51

triadic

#B23A8D #8DB23A #3A8DB2

tetradic

#B23A8D #B29B3A #3AB25F #3A51B2

square

#B23A8D #B29B3A #3AB25F #3A51B2

split-complementary

#B23A8D #51B23A #3AB29B

monochromatic

#561C44 #842B68 #B23A8D #CB5FA9 #DA8DC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.41

#B23A8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.88

#B23A8D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23A8D

5.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23A8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23A8D	1.00	5.41	3.88	5.41
#FFFFFF	5.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#445D8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#68718A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD3B5E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23a8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 58, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.8% 0.179 342.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd79ae',
    500: '#b23a8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23a8d;
$custom-light: #cd79ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23a8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 318.5,
    "s": 50.847,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54788,
    "c": 0.17863,
    "h": 342.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.14414
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23A8D

secondary

#83C497

accent

#DA794D

background

#FDF7FA

surface

#FAEEF4

border

#D3C9CE

text

#140A10

muted

#837C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23A8D

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

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