#A42A56#A42A56

#A42A56 is a mid, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.102; OKLCH L 48.8% C 0.161 H 3.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42A56
RGB	rgb(164, 42, 86)
HSL	hsl(338, 59%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(338, 74%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.4%, 47.6%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.24, 52.38, 3.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.24, 52.51, 4.12°)
OKLab	oklab(48.85% 0.1603 0.0102)
OKLCH	oklch(48.85% 0.161 3.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.8190, 10.2227, 9.8371)
Luminance	0.1022 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42A56 #2AA478

analogous

#A42A93 #A42A56 #A43B2A

triadic

#A42A56 #56A42A #2A56A4

tetradic

#A42A56 #93A42A #2AA478 #3B2AA4

square

#A42A56 #93A42A #2AA478 #3B2AA4

split-complementary

#A42A56 #2AA43B #2A93A4

monochromatic

#431123 #731E3C #A42A56 #CD3E72 #DA6E95

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.90

#A42A56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.04

#A42A56 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42A56

6.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42A56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42A56	1.00	6.90	3.04	6.90
#FFFFFF	6.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.04	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#464B57

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#676353

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2123D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5A5A5A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42a56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 42, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.8% 0.161 3.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c46e85',
    500: '#a42a56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42a56;
$custom-light: #c46e85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42a56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 338.361,
    "s": 59.223,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48848,
    "c": 0.16065,
    "h": 3.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.1022
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42A56

secondary

#69C1A1

accent

#E2AA45

background

#FCF7F8

surface

#F9EDEF

border

#D2C8CA

text

#14080B

muted

#827B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42A56

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

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