#A42A55#A42A55

#A42A55 is a mid, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.102; OKLCH L 48.8% C 0.160 H 4.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42A55
RGB	rgb(164, 42, 85)
HSL	hsl(339, 59%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(339, 74%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.4%, 48.2%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.21, 52.28, 4.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.21, 52.47, 4.78°)
OKLab	oklab(48.82% 0.16 0.0117)
OKLCH	oklch(48.82% 0.16 4.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.7790, 10.2067, 9.6264)
Luminance	0.1020 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42A55 #2AA479

analogous

#A42A92 #A42A55 #A43C2A

triadic

#A42A55 #55A42A #2A55A4

tetradic

#A42A55 #92A42A #2AA479 #3C2AA4

square

#A42A55 #92A42A #2AA479 #3C2AA4

split-complementary

#A42A55 #2AA43C #2A92A4

monochromatic

#431122 #731E3C #A42A55 #CD3E70 #DA6E94

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.91

#A42A55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.04

#A42A55 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42A55

6.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42A55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42A55	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)

#474B56

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#676352

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3123C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5A5A5A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42a55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 42, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.8% 0.160 4.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c46e84',
    500: '#a42a55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42a55;
$custom-light: #c46e84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42a55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 338.852,
    "s": 59.223,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48818,
    "c": 0.16038,
    "h": 4.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.10204
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42A55

secondary

#69C1A2

accent

#E2AB45

background

#FCF7F8

surface

#F9EDEF

border

#D2C8CA

text

#14080A

muted

#827B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42A55

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

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