#A42A49#A42A49

#A42A49 is a mid, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.100; OKLCH L 48.5% C 0.158 H 10.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42A49
RGB	rgb(164, 42, 73)
HSL	hsl(345, 59%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(345, 74%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.4%, 55.5%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.90, 51.26, 11.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.90, 52.56, 12.74°)
OKLab	oklab(48.49% 0.1553 0.0293)
OKLCH	oklch(48.49% 0.158 10.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.3420, 10.0319, 7.3252)
Luminance	0.1003 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42A49 #2AA485

analogous

#A42A86 #A42A49 #A4482A

triadic

#A42A49 #49A42A #2A49A4

tetradic

#A42A49 #86A42A #2AA485 #482AA4

square

#A42A49 #86A42A #2AA485 #482AA4

split-complementary

#A42A49 #2AA448 #2A86A4

monochromatic

#43111E #731E33 #A42A49 #CD3E62 #DA6E8A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.99

#A42A49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.01

#A42A49 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42A49

6.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42A49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42A49	1.00	6.99	3.01	6.99
#FFFFFF	6.99	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.01	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.99	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#494949

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#696246

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B30737

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42a49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 42, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.5% 0.158 10.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c56e7b',
    500: '#a42a49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42a49;
$custom-light: #c56e7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42a49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 344.754,
    "s": 59.223,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48486,
    "c": 0.15807,
    "h": 10.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.10029
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42A49

secondary

#69C1AB

accent

#E2BB45

background

#FCF7F7

surface

#F9EDED

border

#D2C8C8

text

#140809

muted

#827B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42A49

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

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