#A42B57#A42B57

#A42B57 is a mid, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.103; OKLCH L 49.0% C 0.160 H 3.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42B57
RGB	rgb(164, 43, 87)
HSL	hsl(338, 58%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(338, 74%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.8%, 47%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.39, 52.12, 3.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.39, 52.22, 3.69°)
OKLab	oklab(48.97% 0.1596 0.0092)
OKLCH	oklch(48.97% 0.16 3.3)
XYZ	xyz(17.8955, 10.3107, 10.0628)
Luminance	0.1031 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42B57 #2BA478

analogous

#A42B93 #A42B57 #A43C2B

triadic

#A42B57 #57A42B #2B57A4

tetradic

#A42B57 #93A42B #2BA478 #3C2BA4

square

#A42B57 #93A42B #2BA478 #3C2BA4

split-complementary

#A42B57 #2BA43C #2B93A4

monochromatic

#431224 #741E3D #A42B57 #CD3F73 #D97096

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.86

#A42B57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.06

#A42B57 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42B57

6.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42B57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42B57	1.00	6.86	3.06	6.86
#FFFFFF	6.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#474B58

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#676354

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2153E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5A5A5A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42b57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 43, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.0% 0.160 3.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c46f86',
    500: '#a42b57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42b57;
$custom-light: #c46f86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42b57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 338.182,
    "s": 58.454,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48972,
    "c": 0.15981,
    "h": 3.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.10308
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42B57

secondary

#6AC1A1

accent

#E2A946

background

#FCF7F8

surface

#F9EDEF

border

#D2C8CA

text

#14080B

muted

#827B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42B57

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

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