#A42257#A42257

#A42257 is a mid, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.097; OKLCH L 48.2% C 0.169 H 1.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42257
RGB	rgb(164, 34, 87)
HSL	hsl(336, 66%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(336, 79%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.3%, 47%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.35, 55.06, 1.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.35, 55.09, 1.92°)
OKLab	oklab(48.2% 0.169 0.0054)
OKLCH	oklch(48.2% 0.169 1.8)
XYZ	xyz(17.6036, 9.7271, 9.9655)
Luminance	0.0973 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42257 #22A46F

analogous

#A42298 #A42257 #A42E22

triadic

#A42257 #57A422 #2257A4

tetradic

#A42257 #98A422 #22A46F #2E22A4

square

#A42257 #98A422 #22A46F #2E22A4

split-complementary

#A42257 #22A42E #2298A4

monochromatic

#3F0D21 #71173C #A42257 #D42F72 #DE6295

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.13

#A42257 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.95

#A42257 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42257

7.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42257	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42257	1.00	7.13	2.95	7.13
#FFFFFF	7.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#424858

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#646154

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2003A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42257;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 34, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.2% 0.169 1.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c56b86',
    500: '#a42257',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42257;
$custom-light: #c56b86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42257",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 335.538,
    "s": 65.657,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48202,
    "c": 0.16909,
    "h": 1.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.09725
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42257

secondary

#5EC49A

accent

#E9A43F

background

#FCF6F8

surface

#F9ECEF

border

#D2C7CA

text

#14070B

muted

#827A7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42257

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

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