#A42856#A42856

#A42856 is a mid, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.101; OKLCH L 48.7% C 0.163 H 3.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42856
RGB	rgb(164, 40, 86)
HSL	hsl(338, 61%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(338, 76%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.6%, 47.6%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.99, 53.06, 3.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.99, 53.17, 3.69°)
OKLab	oklab(48.67% 0.1625 0.0093)
OKLCH	oklch(48.67% 0.163 3.3)
XYZ	xyz(17.7498, 10.0844, 9.8141)
Luminance	0.1008 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42856 #28A476

analogous

#A42894 #A42856 #A43828

triadic

#A42856 #56A428 #2856A4

tetradic

#A42856 #94A428 #28A476 #3828A4

square

#A42856 #94A428 #28A476 #3828A4

split-complementary

#A42856 #28A438 #2894A4

monochromatic

#421022 #731C3C #A42856 #CF3A71 #DB6B95

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.96

#A42856 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.02

#A42856 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42856

6.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42856	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42856	1.00	6.96	3.02	6.96
#FFFFFF	6.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#454A57

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#666253

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B20E3C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42856;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 40, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.7% 0.163 3.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c46d85',
    500: '#a42856',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42856;
$custom-light: #c46d85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42856",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 337.742,
    "s": 60.784,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48667,
    "c": 0.1628,
    "h": 3.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.10082
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42856

secondary

#66C1A0

accent

#E4A944

background

#FCF7F8

surface

#F9EDEF

border

#D2C8CA

text

#14080B

muted

#827B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42856

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

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