#A42A57#A42A57

#A42A57 is a mid, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.102; OKLCH L 48.9% C 0.161 H 3.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42A57
RGB	rgb(164, 42, 87)
HSL	hsl(338, 59%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(338, 74%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.4%, 47%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.27, 52.47, 3.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.27, 52.57, 3.47°)
OKLab	oklab(48.88% 0.1607 0.0087)
OKLCH	oklch(48.88% 0.161 3.1)
XYZ	xyz(17.8595, 10.2389, 10.0508)
Luminance	0.1024 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42A57 #2AA477

analogous

#A42A94 #A42A57 #A43A2A

triadic

#A42A57 #57A42A #2A57A4

tetradic

#A42A57 #94A42A #2AA477 #3A2AA4

square

#A42A57 #94A42A #2AA477 #3A2AA4

split-complementary

#A42A57 #2AA43A #2A94A4

monochromatic

#431123 #731E3D #A42A57 #CD3E73 #DA6E96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.89

#A42A57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.05

#A42A57 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42A57

6.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42A57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42A57	1.00	6.89	3.05	6.89
#FFFFFF	6.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.05	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#464B58

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#676354

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2133D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5A5A5A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42a57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 42, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.9% 0.161 3.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c46e86',
    500: '#a42a57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42a57;
$custom-light: #c46e86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42a57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 337.869,
    "s": 59.223,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48878,
    "c": 0.16092,
    "h": 3.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.10237
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42A57

secondary

#69C1A0

accent

#E2A845

background

#FCF7F8

surface

#F9EDEF

border

#D2C8CA

text

#14080B

muted

#827B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42A57

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

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