#B23B59#B23B59

#B23B59 is a mid, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.133; OKLCH L 53.0% C 0.155 H 8.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23B59
RGB	rgb(178, 59, 89)
HSL	hsl(345, 50%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(345, 67%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.9%, 50%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.24, 50.40, 9.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.24, 51.25, 10.50°)
OKLab	oklab(53.05% 0.1531 0.0241)
OKLCH	oklch(53.05% 0.155 8.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.7290, 13.3170, 10.8755)
Luminance	0.1331 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23B59 #3BB294

analogous

#B23B95 #B23B59 #B2593B

triadic

#B23B59 #59B23B #3B59B2

tetradic

#B23B59 #95B23B #3BB294 #593BB2

square

#B23B59 #95B23B #3BB294 #593BB2

split-complementary

#B23B59 #3BB259 #3B95B2

monochromatic

#561D2B #842C42 #B23B59 #CA607B #DA8EA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.73

#B23B59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.66

#B23B59 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23B59

5.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23B59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23B59	1.00	5.73	3.66	5.73
#FFFFFF	5.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#56575A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#756F56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C22747

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23b59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 59, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.0% 0.155 8.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce7887',
    500: '#b23b59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23b59;
$custom-light: #ce7887;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23b59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 344.874,
    "s": 50.211,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53049,
    "c": 0.15502,
    "h": 8.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.13314
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23B59

secondary

#85C4B4

accent

#DAB74E

background

#FDF7F8

surface

#FAEEEF

border

#D3C9CA

text

#15090B

muted

#837B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23B59

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

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