#A42A4E#A42A4E

#A42A4E is a mid, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.101; OKLCH L 48.6% C 0.159 H 8.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42A4E
RGB	rgb(164, 42, 78)
HSL	hsl(342, 59%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(342, 74%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.4%, 52.4%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.02, 51.67, 8.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.02, 52.38, 9.42°)
OKLab	oklab(48.62% 0.1573 0.0221)
OKLCH	oklch(48.62% 0.159 8)
XYZ	xyz(17.5145, 10.1009, 8.2336)
Luminance	0.1010 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42A4E #2AA480

analogous

#A42A8B #A42A4E #A4432A

triadic

#A42A4E #4EA42A #2A4EA4

tetradic

#A42A4E #8BA42A #2AA480 #432AA4

square

#A42A4E #8BA42A #2AA480 #432AA4

split-complementary

#A42A4E #2AA443 #2A8BA4

monochromatic

#431120 #731E37 #A42A4E #CD3E68 #DA6E8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.95

#A42A4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.02

#A42A4E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42A4E

6.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42A4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42A4E	1.00	6.95	3.02	6.95
#FFFFFF	6.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#484A4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#68624B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B30C39

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42a4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 42, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.6% 0.159 8.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c56e7f',
    500: '#a42a4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42a4e;
$custom-light: #c56e7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42a4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 342.295,
    "s": 59.223,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48617,
    "c": 0.15884,
    "h": 8
  },
  "luminance": 0.10099
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42A4E

secondary

#69C1A7

accent

#E2B445

background

#FCF7F7

surface

#F9EDEE

border

#D2C8C9

text

#14080A

muted

#827B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42A4E

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

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