#A42849#A42849

#A42849 is a mid, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.099; OKLCH L 48.3% C 0.160 H 10.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42849
RGB	rgb(164, 40, 73)
HSL	hsl(344, 61%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(344, 76%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.6%, 55.5%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.65, 51.96, 11.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.65, 53.16, 12.21°)
OKLab	oklab(48.3% 0.1576 0.0284)
OKLCH	oklch(48.3% 0.16 10.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.2729, 9.8936, 7.3022)
Luminance	0.0989 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42849 #28A483

analogous

#A42887 #A42849 #A44528

triadic

#A42849 #49A428 #2849A4

tetradic

#A42849 #87A428 #28A483 #4528A4

square

#A42849 #87A428 #28A483 #4528A4

split-complementary

#A42849 #28A445 #2887A4

monochromatic

#42101D #731C33 #A42849 #CF3A62 #DB6B89

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.05

#A42849 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.98

#A42849 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42849

7.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42849	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42849	1.00	7.05	2.98	7.05
#FFFFFF	7.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#48494A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#686246

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B30236

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42849;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 40, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.3% 0.160 10.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c56d7b',
    500: '#a42849',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42849;
$custom-light: #c56d7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42849",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 344.032,
    "s": 60.784,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48302,
    "c": 0.16012,
    "h": 10.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.09891
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42849

secondary

#66C1A9

accent

#E4B944

background

#FCF6F7

surface

#F9ECED

border

#D2C7C8

text

#140809

muted

#827B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42849

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

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