#A42A8C#A42A8C

#A42A8C is a mid, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.114; OKLCH L 51.0% C 0.188 H 337.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#A42A8C
RGBrgb(164, 42, 140)
HSLhsl(312, 59%, 40%)
HSVhsv(312, 74%, 64%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 74.4%, 14.6%, 35.7%)
CIE-LABlab(40.32, 58.90, -26.84)
CIE-LCHlch(40.32, 64.73, 335.50°)
OKLaboklab(51.04% 0.1737 -0.073)
OKLCHoklch(51.04% 0.188 337.2)
XYZxyz(20.8718, 11.4438, 25.9155)
Luminance0.1144 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familypink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#A42A8C #2AA442
analogous
#7F2AA4 #A42A8C #A42A4F
triadic
#A42A8C #8CA42A #2A8CA4
tetradic
#A42A8C #A47F2A #2AA442 #2A4FA4
square
#A42A8C #A47F2A #2AA442 #2A4FA4
split-complementary
#A42A8C #4FA42A #2AA47F
monochromatic
#431139 #731E62 #A42A8C #CD3EB1 #DA6EC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.39
#A42A8C on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.29
#A42A8C on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42A8C
6.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##A42A8C#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##A42A8C1.006.393.296.39
#FFFFFF6.391.0021.001.00
#0000003.2921.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF6.391.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#2E538F
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#586689
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#AD3158
Achromatopsia (no color)
#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #a42a8c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 42, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.0% 0.188 337.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c370ae',
    500: '#a42a8c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #a42a8c;
$custom-light: #c370ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#a42a8c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 311.803,
    "s": 59.223,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51044,
    "c": 0.18838,
    "h": 337.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.11442
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#A42A8C
secondary
#69C17A
accent
#E26445
background
#FCF7FA
surface
#F8EDF4
border
#D1C8CE
text
#130810
muted
#827B7F

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#A42A8C Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva