#A42A79#A42A79

#A42A79 is a mid, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.109; OKLCH L 50.1% C 0.176 H 345.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42A79
RGB	rgb(164, 42, 121)
HSL	hsl(321, 59%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(321, 74%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.4%, 26.2%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.46, 56.28, -16.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.46, 58.63, 343.70°)
OKLab	oklab(50.15% 0.1706 -0.0437)
OKLCH	oklch(50.15% 0.176 345.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.5898, 10.9310, 19.1637)
Luminance	0.1093 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42A79 #2AA455

analogous

#922AA4 #A42A79 #A42A3C

triadic

#A42A79 #79A42A #2A79A4

tetradic

#A42A79 #A4922A #2AA455 #2A3CA4

square

#A42A79 #A4922A #2AA455 #2A3CA4

split-complementary

#A42A79 #3CA42A #2AA492

monochromatic

#431131 #731E55 #A42A79 #CD3E9B #DA6EB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.59

#A42A79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.19

#A42A79 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42A79

6.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42A79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42A79	1.00	6.59	3.19	6.59
#FFFFFF	6.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3A507B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E6476

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF274E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42a79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 42, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.1% 0.176 345.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c36f9f',
    500: '#a42a79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42a79;
$custom-light: #c36f9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42a79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 321.148,
    "s": 59.223,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50146,
    "c": 0.1761,
    "h": 345.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.10929
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42A79

secondary

#69C188

accent

#E27D45

background

#FCF7F9

surface

#F8EDF2

border

#D1C8CC

text

#13080E

muted

#827B7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42A79

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

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