#B23E81#B23E81

#B23E81 is a mid, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.145; OKLCH L 54.7% C 0.166 H 348.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23E81
RGB	rgb(178, 62, 129)
HSL	hsl(325, 48%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(325, 65%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.2%, 27.5%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.94, 53.57, -12.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.94, 55.08, 346.54°)
OKLab	oklab(54.72% 0.1624 -0.0336)
OKLCH	oklch(54.72% 0.166 348.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.0462, 14.4977, 22.2966)
Luminance	0.1449 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23E81 #3EB26F

analogous

#A93EB2 #B23E81 #B23E47

triadic

#B23E81 #81B23E #3E81B2

tetradic

#B23E81 #B2A93E #3EB26F #3E47B2

square

#B23E81 #B2A93E #3EB26F #3E47B2

split-complementary

#B23E81 #47B23E #3EB2A9

monochromatic

#571E3F #852E60 #B23E81 #C9649E #D992BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.39

#B23E81 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.90

#B23E81 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23E81

5.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23E81	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23E81	1.00	5.39	3.90	5.39
#FFFFFF	5.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D5D83

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E727E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE3A5A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23e81;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 62, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.7% 0.166 348.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd7ba5',
    500: '#b23e81',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23e81;
$custom-light: #cd7ba5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23e81",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 325.345,
    "s": 48.333,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54716,
    "c": 0.16588,
    "h": 348.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.14495
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23E81

secondary

#88C4A1

accent

#D88950

background

#FDF7FA

surface

#FAEEF4

border

#D3C9CE

text

#140A0F

muted

#837C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23E81

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

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