#A42959#A42959

#A42959 is a mid, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.102; OKLCH L 48.8% C 0.163 H 1.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42959
RGB	rgb(164, 41, 89)
HSL	hsl(337, 60%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(337, 75%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75%, 45.7%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.20, 53.01, 1.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.20, 53.04, 1.95°)
OKLab	oklab(48.85% 0.1625 0.0053)
OKLCH	oklch(48.85% 0.163 1.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.9074, 10.2020, 10.4755)
Luminance	0.1020 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42959 #29A474

analogous

#A42997 #A42959 #A43629

triadic

#A42959 #59A429 #2959A4

tetradic

#A42959 #97A429 #29A474 #3629A4

square

#A42959 #97A429 #29A474 #3629A4

split-complementary

#A42959 #29A436 #2997A4

monochromatic

#421124 #731D3E #A42959 #CE3C75 #DA6D98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.91

#A42959 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.04

#A42959 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42959

6.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42959	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42959	1.00	6.91	3.04	6.91
#FFFFFF	6.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.04	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#454B5A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#666356

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2123E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5A5A5A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42959;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 41, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.8% 0.163 1.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c46e87',
    500: '#a42959',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42959;
$custom-light: #c46e87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42959",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 336.585,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48849,
    "c": 0.16259,
    "h": 1.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.102
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42959

secondary

#68C19E

accent

#E3A545

background

#FCF7F8

surface

#F9EDEF

border

#D2C8CA

text

#14080B

muted

#827B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42959

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

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