#A42957#A42957

#A42957 is a mid, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.102; OKLCH L 48.8% C 0.162 H 2.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42957
RGB	rgb(164, 41, 87)
HSL	hsl(338, 60%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(338, 75%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75%, 47%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.14, 52.82, 3.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.14, 52.90, 3.25°)
OKLab	oklab(48.79% 0.1618 0.0083)
OKLCH	oklch(48.79% 0.162 2.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.8245, 10.1689, 10.0391)
Luminance	0.1017 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42957 #29A476

analogous

#A42994 #A42957 #A43829

triadic

#A42957 #57A429 #2957A4

tetradic

#A42957 #94A429 #29A476 #3829A4

square

#A42957 #94A429 #29A476 #3829A4

split-complementary

#A42957 #29A438 #2994A4

monochromatic

#421123 #731D3D #A42957 #CE3C73 #DA6D96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.92

#A42957 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.03

#A42957 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42957

6.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42957	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42957	1.00	6.92	3.03	6.92
#FFFFFF	6.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#454A58

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#666254

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2113D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5A5A5A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42957;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 41, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.8% 0.162 2.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c46e86',
    500: '#a42957',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42957;
$custom-light: #c46e86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42957",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 337.561,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48787,
    "c": 0.16201,
    "h": 2.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.10167
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42957

secondary

#68C1A0

accent

#E3A845

background

#FCF7F8

surface

#F9EDEF

border

#D2C8CA

text

#14080B

muted

#827B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42957

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

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