#A42255#A42255

#A42255 is a mid, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.097; OKLCH L 48.1% C 0.169 H 2.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42255
RGB	rgb(164, 34, 85)
HSL	hsl(336, 66%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(336, 79%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.3%, 48.2%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.29, 54.88, 3.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.29, 54.96, 3.17°)
OKLab	oklab(48.14% 0.1683 0.0084)
OKLCH	oklch(48.14% 0.169 2.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.5231, 9.6948, 9.5411)
Luminance	0.0969 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42255 #22A471

analogous

#A42296 #A42255 #A43022

triadic

#A42255 #55A422 #2255A4

tetradic

#A42255 #96A422 #22A471 #3022A4

square

#A42255 #96A422 #22A471 #3022A4

split-complementary

#A42255 #22A430 #2296A4

monochromatic

#3F0D20 #71173B #A42255 #D42F70 #DE6293

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.15

#A42255 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.94

#A42255 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42255

7.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42255	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42255	1.00	7.15	2.94	7.15
#FFFFFF	7.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#424856

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#656152

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B30039

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 34, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.1% 0.169 2.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c56b84',
    500: '#a42255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42255;
$custom-light: #c56b84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 336.462,
    "s": 65.657,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48139,
    "c": 0.16851,
    "h": 2.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.09692
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42255

secondary

#5EC49C

accent

#E9A63F

background

#FCF6F8

surface

#F9ECEF

border

#D2C7CA

text

#14070A

muted

#827A7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42255

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

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