#42172B#42172B

#42172B is a dark, moderate pink. Relative luminance 0.019; OKLCH L 27.8% C 0.071 H 353.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42172B
RGB	rgb(66, 23, 43)
HSL	hsl(332, 48%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(332, 65%, 26%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.2%, 34.8%, 74.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(15.20, 23.34, -3.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(15.20, 23.54, 352.49°)
OKLab	oklab(27.83% 0.0709 -0.0078)
OKLCH	oklch(27.83% 0.071 353.7)
XYZ	xyz(2.9893, 1.9458, 2.5032)
Luminance	0.0194 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42172B #17422E

analogous

#421741 #42172B #421817

triadic

#42172B #2B4217 #172B42

tetradic

#42172B #414217 #17422E #181742

square

#42172B #414217 #17422E #181742

split-complementary

#42172B #174218 #174142

monochromatic

#17080F #17080F #42172B #6F2749 #9D3766

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.12

#42172B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.39

#42172B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #42172B

15.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42172B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##42172B	1.00	15.12	1.39	15.12
#FFFFFF	15.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1D212C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#29292A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#47151F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#262626

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42172b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 23, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(27.8% 0.071 353.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#785664',
    500: '#42172b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42172b;
$custom-light: #785664;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42172b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 332.093,
    "s": 48.315,
    "l": 17.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.2783,
    "c": 0.07137,
    "h": 353.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.01945
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42172B

secondary

#3C795D

accent

#D89950

background

#F7F5F5

surface

#EDE9EA

border

#C8C5C6

text

#090305

muted

#7B7879

Preview Lab

Preview with #42172B

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

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