#B23C8B#B23C8B

#B23C8B is a mid, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.146; OKLCH L 54.9% C 0.175 H 343.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23C8B
RGB	rgb(178, 60, 139)
HSL	hsl(320, 50%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(320, 66%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.3%, 21.9%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.03, 55.74, -18.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.03, 58.81, 341.41°)
OKLab	oklab(54.91% 0.1673 -0.0501)
OKLCH	oklch(54.91% 0.175 343.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.6369, 14.5632, 25.9346)
Luminance	0.1456 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23C8B #3CB263

analogous

#9E3CB2 #B23C8B #B23C50

triadic

#B23C8B #8BB23C #3C8BB2

tetradic

#B23C8B #B29E3C #3CB263 #3C50B2

square

#B23C8B #B29E3C #3CB263 #3C50B2

split-complementary

#B23C8B #50B23C #3CB29E

monochromatic

#561D44 #842D67 #B23C8B #CA61A7 #D98FC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.37

#B23C8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.91

#B23C8B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23C8B

5.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23C8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23C8B	1.00	5.37	3.91	5.37
#FFFFFF	5.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#475E8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A7288

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD3C5E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23c8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 60, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.9% 0.175 343.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc7aad',
    500: '#b23c8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23c8b;
$custom-light: #cc7aad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23c8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 319.831,
    "s": 49.58,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54911,
    "c": 0.17466,
    "h": 343.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.14561
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23C8B

secondary

#86C49A

accent

#D97C4F

background

#FDF7FA

surface

#FAEEF4

border

#D3C9CE

text

#140A10

muted

#837C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23C8B

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

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