#A42A50#A42A50

#A42A50 is a mid, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.101; OKLCH L 48.7% C 0.159 H 6.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42A50
RGB	rgb(164, 42, 80)
HSL	hsl(341, 59%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(341, 74%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.4%, 51.2%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.07, 51.84, 7.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.07, 52.36, 8.09°)
OKLab	oklab(48.67% 0.1581 0.0191)
OKLCH	oklch(48.67% 0.159 6.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.5873, 10.1300, 8.6170)
Luminance	0.1013 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42A50 #2AA47E

analogous

#A42A8D #A42A50 #A4412A

triadic

#A42A50 #50A42A #2A50A4

tetradic

#A42A50 #8DA42A #2AA47E #412AA4

square

#A42A50 #8DA42A #2AA47E #412AA4

split-complementary

#A42A50 #2AA441 #2A8DA4

monochromatic

#431120 #731E38 #A42A50 #CD3E6A #DA6E90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.94

#A42A50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.03

#A42A50 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42A50

6.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42A50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42A50	1.00	6.94	3.03	6.94
#FFFFFF	6.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#484A51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#68624D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B30E3A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5A5A5A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42a50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 42, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.7% 0.159 6.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c56e80',
    500: '#a42a50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42a50;
$custom-light: #c56e80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42a50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 341.311,
    "s": 59.223,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48673,
    "c": 0.15922,
    "h": 6.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.10128
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42A50

secondary

#69C1A5

accent

#E2B145

background

#FCF7F7

surface

#F9EDEE

border

#D2C8C9

text

#14080A

muted

#827B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42A50

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

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