#A42949#A42949

#A42949 is a mid, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.100; OKLCH L 48.4% C 0.159 H 10.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42949
RGB	rgb(164, 41, 73)
HSL	hsl(344, 60%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(344, 75%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75%, 55.5%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.77, 51.61, 11.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.77, 52.86, 12.47°)
OKLab	oklab(48.39% 0.1565 0.0288)
OKLCH	oklch(48.39% 0.159 10.4)
XYZ	xyz(17.3070, 9.9619, 7.3135)
Luminance	0.0996 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42949 #29A484

analogous

#A42987 #A42949 #A44629

triadic

#A42949 #49A429 #2949A4

tetradic

#A42949 #87A429 #29A484 #4629A4

square

#A42949 #87A429 #29A484 #4629A4

split-complementary

#A42949 #29A446 #2987A4

monochromatic

#42111D #731D33 #A42949 #CE3C62 #DA6D89

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.02

#A42949 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.99

#A42949 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42949

7.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42949	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42949	1.00	7.02	2.99	7.02
#FFFFFF	7.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#49494A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#696246

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B30436

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42949;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 41, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.4% 0.159 10.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c56d7b',
    500: '#a42949',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42949;
$custom-light: #c56d7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42949",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 344.39,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48393,
    "c": 0.15911,
    "h": 10.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.09959
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42949

secondary

#68C1AA

accent

#E3BA45

background

#FCF6F7

surface

#F9ECED

border

#D2C7C8

text

#140809

muted

#827B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42949

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

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