#A42C51#A42C51

#A42C51 is a mid, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.103; OKLCH L 48.9% C 0.157 H 6.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42C51
RGB	rgb(164, 44, 81)
HSL	hsl(342, 58%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(342, 73%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.2%, 50.6%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.36, 51.21, 7.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.36, 51.70, 7.92°)
OKLab	oklab(48.89% 0.1562 0.0186)
OKLCH	oklch(48.89% 0.157 6.8)
XYZ	xyz(17.6972, 10.2903, 8.8373)
Luminance	0.1029 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42C51 #2CA47F

analogous

#A42C8D #A42C51 #A4432C

triadic

#A42C51 #51A42C #2C51A4

tetradic

#A42C51 #8DA42C #2CA47F #432CA4

square

#A42C51 #8DA42C #2CA47F #432CA4

split-complementary

#A42C51 #2CA443 #2C8DA4

monochromatic

#431221 #741F39 #A42C51 #CC416C #D97191

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.87

#A42C51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.06

#A42C51 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42C51

6.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42C51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42C51	1.00	6.87	3.06	6.87
#FFFFFF	6.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#494B52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#68634E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3133B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5A5A5A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42c51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 44, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.9% 0.157 6.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c56f81',
    500: '#a42c51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42c51;
$custom-light: #c56f81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42c51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 341.5,
    "s": 57.692,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48891,
    "c": 0.15725,
    "h": 6.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.10288
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42C51

secondary

#6BC0A6

accent

#E1B147

background

#FCF7F7

surface

#F9EDEE

border

#D2C8C9

text

#14080A

muted

#827B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42C51

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

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