#A42859#A42859

#A42859 is a mid, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.101; OKLCH L 48.8% C 0.164 H 1.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42859
RGB	rgb(164, 40, 89)
HSL	hsl(336, 61%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(336, 76%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.6%, 45.7%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.08, 53.35, 1.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.08, 53.37, 1.75°)
OKLab	oklab(48.76% 0.1636 0.0048)
OKLCH	oklch(48.76% 0.164 1.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.8732, 10.1337, 10.4641)
Luminance	0.1013 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42859 #28A473

analogous

#A42897 #A42859 #A43528

triadic

#A42859 #59A428 #2859A4

tetradic

#A42859 #97A428 #28A473 #3528A4

square

#A42859 #97A428 #28A473 #3528A4

split-complementary

#A42859 #28A435 #2897A4

monochromatic

#421024 #731C3E #A42859 #CF3A75 #DB6B98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.94

#A42859 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.03

#A42859 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42859

6.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42859	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42859	1.00	6.94	3.03	6.94
#FFFFFF	6.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#444A5A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#666256

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2103D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5A5A5A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42859;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 40, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.8% 0.164 1.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c46d87',
    500: '#a42859',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42859;
$custom-light: #c46d87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42859",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 336.29,
    "s": 60.784,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4876,
    "c": 0.16367,
    "h": 1.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.10131
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42859

secondary

#66C19D

accent

#E4A544

background

#FCF7F8

surface

#F9EDEF

border

#D2C8CA

text

#14080B

muted

#827B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42859

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

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