#B23B8D#B23B8D

#B23B8D is a mid, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.145; OKLCH L 54.9% C 0.177 H 342.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23B8D
RGB	rgb(178, 59, 141)
HSL	hsl(319, 50%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(319, 67%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.9%, 20.8%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.97, 56.42, -20.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.97, 59.88, 340.43°)
OKLab	oklab(54.89% 0.169 -0.0537)
OKLCH	oklch(54.89% 0.177 342.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.7325, 14.5184, 26.6939)
Luminance	0.1452 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23B8D #3BB260

analogous

#9C3BB2 #B23B8D #B23B52

triadic

#B23B8D #8DB23B #3B8DB2

tetradic

#B23B8D #B29C3B #3BB260 #3B52B2

square

#B23B8D #B29C3B #3BB260 #3B52B2

split-complementary

#B23B8D #52B23B #3BB29C

monochromatic

#561D44 #842C69 #B23B8D #CA60A9 #DA8EC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.38

#B23B8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.90

#B23B8D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23B8D

5.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23B8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23B8D	1.00	5.38	3.90	5.38
#FFFFFF	5.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#455E8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#69728A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD3C5F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23b8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 59, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.9% 0.177 342.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc7aae',
    500: '#b23b8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23b8d;
$custom-light: #cc7aae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23b8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 318.655,
    "s": 50.211,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54892,
    "c": 0.1773,
    "h": 342.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.14516
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23B8D

secondary

#85C498

accent

#DA794E

background

#FDF7FA

surface

#FAEEF4

border

#D3C9CE

text

#140A10

muted

#837C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23B8D

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

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