#A42C55#A42C55

#A42C55 is a mid, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.103; OKLCH L 49.0% C 0.158 H 4.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42C55
RGB	rgb(164, 44, 85)
HSL	hsl(340, 58%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(340, 73%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.2%, 48.2%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.47, 51.57, 4.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.47, 51.79, 5.25°)
OKLab	oklab(49.01% 0.1577 0.0126)
OKLCH	oklch(49.01% 0.158 4.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.8517, 10.3521, 9.6507)
Luminance	0.1035 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42C55 #2CA47B

analogous

#A42C91 #A42C55 #A43F2C

triadic

#A42C55 #55A42C #2C55A4

tetradic

#A42C55 #91A42C #2CA47B #3F2CA4

square

#A42C55 #91A42C #2CA47B #3F2CA4

split-complementary

#A42C55 #2CA43F #2C91A4

monochromatic

#431223 #741F3C #A42C55 #CC4171 #D97195

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.84

#A42C55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.07

#A42C55 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42C55

6.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42C55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42C55	1.00	6.84	3.07	6.84
#FFFFFF	6.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.07	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#484C56

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#686352

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2153D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42c55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 44, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.0% 0.158 4.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c46f84',
    500: '#a42c55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42c55;
$custom-light: #c46f84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42c55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 339.5,
    "s": 57.692,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49007,
    "c": 0.15817,
    "h": 4.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.1035
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42C55

secondary

#6BC0A3

accent

#E1AC47

background

#FCF7F8

surface

#F9EDEF

border

#D2C8CA

text

#14080A

muted

#827B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42C55

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

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