#B23B8A#B23B8A

#B23B8A is a mid, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.144; OKLCH L 54.8% C 0.175 H 343.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23B8A
RGB	rgb(178, 59, 138)
HSL	hsl(320, 50%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(320, 67%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.9%, 22.5%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.84, 56.00, -18.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.84, 58.96, 341.78°)
OKLab	oklab(54.76% 0.1684 -0.0491)
OKLCH	oklch(54.76% 0.175 343.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.5123, 14.4303, 25.5342)
Luminance	0.1443 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23B8A #3BB263

analogous

#9F3BB2 #B23B8A #B23B4F

triadic

#B23B8A #8AB23B #3B8AB2

tetradic

#B23B8A #B29F3B #3BB263 #3B4FB2

square

#B23B8A #B29F3B #3BB263 #3B4FB2

split-complementary

#B23B8A #4FB23B #3BB29F

monochromatic

#561D43 #842C66 #B23B8A #CA60A7 #DA8EC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.40

#B23B8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.89

#B23B8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23B8A

5.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23B8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23B8A	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)

#465D8C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A7187

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD3B5D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23b8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 59, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.8% 0.175 343.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd7aac',
    500: '#b23b8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23b8a;
$custom-light: #cd7aac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23b8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 320.168,
    "s": 50.211,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54762,
    "c": 0.17538,
    "h": 343.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.14428
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23B8A

secondary

#85C49A

accent

#DA7D4E

background

#FDF7FA

surface

#FAEEF4

border

#D3C9CE

text

#140A10

muted

#837C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23B8A

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

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