#A42C50#A42C50

#A42C50 is a mid, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.103; OKLCH L 48.9% C 0.157 H 7.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42C50
RGB	rgb(164, 44, 80)
HSL	hsl(342, 58%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(342, 73%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.2%, 51.2%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.33, 51.12, 7.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.33, 51.70, 8.60°)
OKLab	oklab(48.86% 0.1558 0.02)
OKLCH	oklch(48.86% 0.157 7.3)
XYZ	xyz(17.6600, 10.2754, 8.6413)
Luminance	0.1027 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42C50 #2CA480

analogous

#A42C8C #A42C50 #A4442C

triadic

#A42C50 #50A42C #2C50A4

tetradic

#A42C50 #8CA42C #2CA480 #442CA4

square

#A42C50 #8CA42C #2CA480 #442CA4

split-complementary

#A42C50 #2CA444 #2C8CA4

monochromatic

#431221 #741F38 #A42C50 #CC416B #D97190

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.87

#A42C50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.05

#A42C50 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42C50

6.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42C50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42C50	1.00	6.87	3.05	6.87
#FFFFFF	6.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.05	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#494B51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#68634D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3123B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5A5A5A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42c50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 44, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.9% 0.157 7.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c56f80',
    500: '#a42c50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42c50;
$custom-light: #c56f80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42c50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 342,
    "s": 57.692,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48863,
    "c": 0.15705,
    "h": 7.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.10273
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42C50

secondary

#6BC0A7

accent

#E1B347

background

#FCF7F7

surface

#F9EDEE

border

#D2C8C9

text

#14080A

muted

#827B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42C50

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

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