#42242E#42242E

#42242E is a dark, muted pink. Relative luminance 0.026; OKLCH L 30.3% C 0.048 H 358.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42242E
RGB	rgb(66, 36, 46)
HSL	hsl(340, 29%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(340, 45%, 26%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.5%, 30.3%, 74.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.44, 15.82, -0.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.44, 15.82, 358.45°)
OKLab	oklab(30.31% 0.0478 -0.0009)
OKLCH	oklch(30.31% 0.048 358.9)
XYZ	xyz(3.3709, 2.6175, 2.9119)
Luminance	0.0262 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42242E #244238

analogous

#42243D #42242E #422924

triadic

#42242E #2E4224 #242E42

tetradic

#42242E #3D4224 #244238 #292442

square

#42242E #3D4224 #244238 #292442

split-complementary

#42242E #244229 #243D42

monochromatic

#140B0E #1A0E12 #42242E #6A3A4A #914F65

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.78

#42242E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.52

#42242E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #42242E

13.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42242E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##42242E	1.00	13.78	1.52	13.78
#FFFFFF	13.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#282A2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2F2F2D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#472228

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2D2D2D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42242e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 36, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.3% 0.048 358.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#775f66',
    500: '#42242e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42242e;
$custom-light: #775f66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42242e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 340,
    "s": 29.412,
    "l": 20
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30307,
    "c": 0.04776,
    "h": 358.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.02617
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42242E

secondary

#4D7568

accent

#C6A462

background

#F7F5F6

surface

#EDE9EB

border

#C8C5C6

text

#090406

muted

#7B797A

Preview Lab

Preview with #42242E

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

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