#A12042#A12042

#A12042 is a mid, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.090; OKLCH L 46.9% C 0.164 H 11.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A12042
RGB	rgb(161, 32, 66)
HSL	hsl(344, 67%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(344, 80%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 80.1%, 59%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.00, 53.10, 13.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.00, 54.76, 14.14°)
OKLab	oklab(46.92% 0.1605 0.0333)
OKLCH	oklch(46.92% 0.164 11.7)
XYZ	xyz(16.1995, 9.0058, 6.0385)
Luminance	0.0900 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A12042 #20A17F

analogous

#A12082 #A12042 #A13E20

triadic

#A12042 #42A120 #2042A1

tetradic

#A12042 #82A120 #20A17F #3E20A1

square

#A12042 #82A120 #20A17F #3E20A1

split-complementary

#A12042 #20A13E #2082A1

monochromatic

#3B0C18 #6E162D #A12042 #D42A57 #DF5D7F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.50

#A12042 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.80

#A12042 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A12042

7.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A12042	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A12042	1.00	7.50	2.80	7.50
#FFFFFF	7.50	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.50	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#444442

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#655E3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0002F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a12042;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 32, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.9% 0.164 11.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c46976',
    500: '#a12042',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a12042;
$custom-light: #c46976;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a12042",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 344.186,
    "s": 66.839,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4692,
    "c": 0.16392,
    "h": 11.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.09003
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A12042

secondary

#5AC3A7

accent

#EABC3E

background

#FCF6F7

surface

#F9ECED

border

#D2C7C8

text

#140708

muted

#827A7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A12042

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

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