#B23C8A#B23C8A

#B23C8A is a mid, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.145; OKLCH L 54.9% C 0.174 H 343.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23C8A
RGB	rgb(178, 60, 138)
HSL	hsl(320, 50%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(320, 66%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.3%, 22.5%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.99, 55.60, -18.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.99, 58.51, 341.87°)
OKLab	oklab(54.87% 0.1671 -0.0485)
OKLCH	oklch(54.87% 0.174 343.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.5642, 14.5341, 25.5515)
Luminance	0.1453 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23C8A #3CB264

analogous

#9F3CB2 #B23C8A #B23C4F

triadic

#B23C8A #8AB23C #3C8AB2

tetradic

#B23C8A #B29F3C #3CB264 #3C4FB2

square

#B23C8A #B29F3C #3CB264 #3C4FB2

split-complementary

#B23C8A #4FB23C #3CB29F

monochromatic

#561D43 #842D67 #B23C8A #CA61A6 #D98FC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.38

#B23C8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.91

#B23C8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23C8A

5.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23C8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23C8A	1.00	5.38	3.91	5.38
#FFFFFF	5.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#475E8C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A7287

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD3C5D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23c8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 60, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.9% 0.174 343.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc7aac',
    500: '#b23c8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23c8a;
$custom-light: #cc7aac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23c8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 320.339,
    "s": 49.58,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54868,
    "c": 0.17403,
    "h": 343.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.14532
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23C8A

secondary

#86C49B

accent

#D97E4F

background

#FDF7FA

surface

#FAEEF4

border

#D3C9CE

text

#140A10

muted

#837C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23C8A

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

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