#B23C99#B23C99

#B23C99 is a mid, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.150; OKLCH L 55.5% C 0.184 H 337.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23C99
RGB	rgb(178, 60, 153)
HSL	hsl(313, 50%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(313, 66%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.3%, 14%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.63, 57.77, -26.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.63, 63.46, 335.56°)
OKLab	oklab(55.55% 0.1699 -0.0712)
OKLCH	oklch(55.55% 0.184 337.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.7261, 14.9988, 31.6710)
Luminance	0.1500 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23C99 #3CB255

analogous

#903CB2 #B23C99 #B23C5E

triadic

#B23C99 #99B23C #3C99B2

tetradic

#B23C99 #B2903C #3CB255 #3C5EB2

square

#B23C99 #B2903C #3CB255 #3C5EB2

split-complementary

#B23C99 #5EB23C #3CB290

monochromatic

#561D4A #842D72 #B23C99 #CA61B4 #D98FCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.25

#B23C99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.00

#B23C99 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23C99

5.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23C99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23C99	1.00	5.25	4.00	5.25
#FFFFFF	5.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F609C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#657396

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB4265

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23c99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 60, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.5% 0.184 337.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc7ab7',
    500: '#b23c99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23c99;
$custom-light: #cc7ab7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23c99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 312.712,
    "s": 49.58,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55549,
    "c": 0.18419,
    "h": 337.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.14997
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23C99

secondary

#86C493

accent

#D96C4F

background

#FDF7FB

surface

#FAEEF6

border

#D3C9D0

text

#140A11

muted

#837C80

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23C99

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

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