#A42A72#A42A72

#A42A72 is a mid, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.108; OKLCH L 49.8% C 0.172 H 349.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42A72
RGB	rgb(164, 42, 114)
HSL	hsl(325, 59%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(325, 74%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.4%, 30.5%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.18, 55.40, -12.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.18, 56.79, 347.27°)
OKLab	oklab(49.85% 0.169 -0.0328)
OKLCH	oklch(49.85% 0.172 349)
XYZ	xyz(19.1761, 10.7655, 16.9844)
Luminance	0.1076 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42A72 #2AA45C

analogous

#992AA4 #A42A72 #A42A35

triadic

#A42A72 #72A42A #2A72A4

tetradic

#A42A72 #A4992A #2AA45C #2A35A4

square

#A42A72 #A4992A #2AA45C #2A35A4

split-complementary

#A42A72 #35A42A #2AA499

monochromatic

#43112E #731E50 #A42A72 #CD3E93 #DA6EAE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.66

#A42A72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.15

#A42A72 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42A72

6.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42A72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42A72	1.00	6.66	3.15	6.66
#FFFFFF	6.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3D4F74

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#60646F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0244A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42a72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 42, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.8% 0.172 349.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c36f9a',
    500: '#a42a72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42a72;
$custom-light: #c36f9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42a72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 324.59,
    "s": 59.223,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49849,
    "c": 0.17216,
    "h": 349
  },
  "luminance": 0.10763
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42A72

secondary

#69C18D

accent

#E28645

background

#FCF7F9

surface

#F8EDF2

border

#D1C8CC

text

#13080E

muted

#827B7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42A72

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

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