#A42A5D#A42A5D

#A42A5D is a mid, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.103; OKLCH L 49.1% C 0.163 H 359.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42A5D
RGB	rgb(164, 42, 93)
HSL	hsl(335, 59%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(335, 74%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.4%, 43.3%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.45, 53.05, -0.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.45, 53.05, 359.59°)
OKLab	oklab(49.07% 0.1628 -0.0004)
OKLCH	oklch(49.07% 0.163 359.9)
XYZ	xyz(18.1149, 10.3411, 11.3959)
Luminance	0.1034 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42A5D #2AA471

analogous

#A42A9A #A42A5D #A4342A

triadic

#A42A5D #5DA42A #2A5DA4

tetradic

#A42A5D #9AA42A #2AA471 #342AA4

square

#A42A5D #9AA42A #2AA471 #342AA4

split-complementary

#A42A5D #2AA434 #2A9AA4

monochromatic

#431126 #731E41 #A42A5D #CD3E7A #DA6E9B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.85

#A42A5D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.07

#A42A5D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42A5D

6.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42A5D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42A5D	1.00	6.85	3.07	6.85
#FFFFFF	6.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.07	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#444C5E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#65635A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B21740

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5A5A5A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42a5d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 42, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.1% 0.163 359.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c46e8a',
    500: '#a42a5d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42a5d;
$custom-light: #c46e8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42a5d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 334.918,
    "s": 59.223,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4907,
    "c": 0.1628,
    "h": 359.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.10339
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42A5D

secondary

#69C19C

accent

#E2A145

background

#FCF7F8

surface

#F9EDF0

border

#D2C8CB

text

#14080B

muted

#827B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42A5D

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

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