#B23A8E#B23A8E

#B23A8E is a mid, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.144; OKLCH L 54.8% C 0.179 H 341.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23A8E
RGB	rgb(178, 58, 142)
HSL	hsl(318, 51%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(318, 67%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.4%, 20.2%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.87, 56.96, -20.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.87, 60.64, 339.92°)
OKLab	oklab(54.83% 0.1704 -0.0558)
OKLCH	oklch(54.83% 0.179 341.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.7564, 14.4465, 27.0706)
Luminance	0.1444 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23A8E #3AB25E

analogous

#9A3AB2 #B23A8E #B23A52

triadic

#B23A8E #8EB23A #3A8EB2

tetradic

#B23A8E #B29A3A #3AB25E #3A52B2

square

#B23A8E #B29A3A #3AB25E #3A52B2

split-complementary

#B23A8E #52B23A #3AB29A

monochromatic

#561C44 #842B69 #B23A8E #CB5FAA #DA8DC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.40

#B23A8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.89

#B23A8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23A8E

5.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23A8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23A8E	1.00	5.40	3.89	5.40
#FFFFFF	5.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#435E90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#68718B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD3B5F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23a8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 58, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.8% 0.179 341.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd79af',
    500: '#b23a8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23a8e;
$custom-light: #cd79af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23a8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 318,
    "s": 50.847,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54832,
    "c": 0.17928,
    "h": 341.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.14444
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23A8E

secondary

#83C497

accent

#DA784D

background

#FDF7FA

surface

#FAEEF4

border

#D3C9CE

text

#140A10

muted

#837C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23A8E

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

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