#A42249#A42249

#A42249 is a mid, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.095; OKLCH L 47.8% C 0.166 H 9.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42249
RGB	rgb(164, 34, 73)
HSL	hsl(342, 66%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(342, 79%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.3%, 55.5%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.97, 53.88, 10.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.97, 54.86, 10.82°)
OKLab	oklab(47.8% 0.1638 0.0261)
OKLCH	oklch(47.8% 0.166 9.1)
XYZ	xyz(17.0861, 9.5201, 7.2399)
Luminance	0.0952 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42249 #22A47D

analogous

#A4228A #A42249 #A43C22

triadic

#A42249 #49A422 #2249A4

tetradic

#A42249 #8AA422 #22A47D #3C22A4

square

#A42249 #8AA422 #22A47D #3C22A4

split-complementary

#A42249 #22A43C #228AA4

monochromatic

#3F0D1C #711732 #A42249 #D42F61 #DE6287

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.23

#A42249 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.90

#A42249 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42249

7.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42249	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42249	1.00	7.23	2.90	7.23
#FFFFFF	7.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#45464A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#676046

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B30033

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42249;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 34, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.8% 0.166 9.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c56b7b',
    500: '#a42249',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42249;
$custom-light: #c56b7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42249",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 342,
    "s": 65.657,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47797,
    "c": 0.16585,
    "h": 9.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.09518
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42249

secondary

#5EC4A5

accent

#E9B63F

background

#FCF6F7

surface

#F9ECED

border

#D2C7C8

text

#140709

muted

#827A7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42249

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

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