#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
RGB	rgb(164, 42, 140)
HSL	hsl(312, 59%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(312, 74%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.4%, 14.6%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.32, 58.90, -26.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.32, 64.73, 335.50°)
OKLab	oklab(51.04% 0.1737 -0.073)
OKLCH	oklch(51.04% 0.188 337.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.8718, 11.4438, 25.9155)
Luminance	0.1144 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	pink

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
##A42A8C	1.00	6.39	3.29	6.39
#FFFFFF	6.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

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

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42A8C

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

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