#A42A5E#A42A5E

#A42A5E is a mid, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.104; OKLCH L 49.1% C 0.163 H 359.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42A5E
RGB	rgb(164, 42, 94)
HSL	hsl(334, 59%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(334, 74%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.4%, 42.7%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.48, 53.15, -0.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.48, 53.16, 358.96°)
OKLab	oklab(49.1% 0.1631 -0.0019)
OKLCH	oklch(49.1% 0.163 359.3)
XYZ	xyz(18.1595, 10.3589, 11.6307)
Luminance	0.1036 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42A5E #2AA470

analogous

#A42A9B #A42A5E #A4332A

triadic

#A42A5E #5EA42A #2A5EA4

tetradic

#A42A5E #9BA42A #2AA470 #332AA4

square

#A42A5E #9BA42A #2AA470 #332AA4

split-complementary

#A42A5E #2AA433 #2A9BA4

monochromatic

#431126 #731E42 #A42A5E #CD3E7B #DA6E9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.84

#A42A5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.07

#A42A5E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42A5E

6.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42A5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42A5E	1.00	6.84	3.07	6.84
#FFFFFF	6.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.07	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#444C5F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#65635B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B21840

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42a5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 42, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.1% 0.163 359.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c46e8b',
    500: '#a42a5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42a5e;
$custom-light: #c46e8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42a5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 334.426,
    "s": 59.223,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49103,
    "c": 0.16314,
    "h": 359.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.10357
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42A5E

secondary

#69C19B

accent

#E29F45

background

#FCF7F8

surface

#F9EDF0

border

#D2C8CB

text

#13080C

muted

#827B7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42A5E

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

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