#A42848#A42848

#A42848 is a mid, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.099; OKLCH L 48.3% C 0.160 H 10.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42848
RGB	rgb(164, 40, 72)
HSL	hsl(345, 61%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(345, 76%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.6%, 56.1%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.63, 51.88, 11.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.63, 53.22, 12.87°)
OKLab	oklab(48.28% 0.1572 0.0299)
OKLCH	oklch(48.28% 0.16 10.8)
XYZ	xyz(17.2400, 9.8804, 7.1289)
Luminance	0.0988 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42848 #28A484

analogous

#A42886 #A42848 #A44628

triadic

#A42848 #48A428 #2848A4

tetradic

#A42848 #86A428 #28A484 #4628A4

square

#A42848 #86A428 #28A484 #4628A4

split-complementary

#A42848 #28A446 #2886A4

monochromatic

#42101D #731C32 #A42848 #CF3A61 #DB6B88

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.06

#A42848 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.98

#A42848 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42848

7.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42848	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42848	1.00	7.06	2.98	7.06
#FFFFFF	7.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#484848

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#696245

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B30135

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42848;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 40, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.3% 0.160 10.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c56d7a',
    500: '#a42848',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42848;
$custom-light: #c56d7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42848",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 344.516,
    "s": 60.784,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48277,
    "c": 0.15999,
    "h": 10.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.09878
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42848

secondary

#66C1AA

accent

#E4BB44

background

#FCF6F7

surface

#F9ECED

border

#D2C7C8

text

#140809

muted

#827B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42848

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

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