#A42243#A42243

#A42243 is a mid, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.094; OKLCH L 47.6% C 0.165 H 12.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42243
RGB	rgb(164, 34, 67)
HSL	hsl(345, 66%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(345, 79%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.3%, 59.1%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.83, 53.44, 13.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.83, 55.24, 14.64°)
OKLab	oklab(47.65% 0.1614 0.0347)
OKLCH	oklch(47.65% 0.165 12.1)
XYZ	xyz(16.8967, 9.4443, 6.2423)
Luminance	0.0944 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42243 #22A483

analogous

#A42284 #A42243 #A44222

triadic

#A42243 #43A422 #2243A4

tetradic

#A42243 #84A422 #22A483 #4222A4

square

#A42243 #84A422 #22A483 #4222A4

split-complementary

#A42243 #22A442 #2284A4

monochromatic

#3F0D1A #71172E #A42243 #D42F59 #DE6282

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.27

#A42243 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.89

#A42243 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42243

7.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42243	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42243	1.00	7.27	2.89	7.27
#FFFFFF	7.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#464643

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#686040

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B40030

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42243;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 34, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.6% 0.165 12.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c66a76',
    500: '#a42243',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42243;
$custom-light: #c66a76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42243",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 344.769,
    "s": 65.657,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47647,
    "c": 0.16508,
    "h": 12.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.09442
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42243

secondary

#5EC4AA

accent

#E9BE3F

background

#FDF6F7

surface

#FAECED

border

#D3C7C8

text

#140708

muted

#837A7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42243

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

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