#A42C59#A42C59

#A42C59 is a mid, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.104; OKLCH L 49.1% C 0.159 H 2.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42C59
RGB	rgb(164, 44, 89)
HSL	hsl(338, 58%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(338, 73%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.2%, 45.7%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.58, 51.95, 2.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.58, 52.00, 2.60°)
OKLab	oklab(49.13% 0.1591 0.0066)
OKLCH	oklch(49.13% 0.159 2.4)
XYZ	xyz(18.0151, 10.4175, 10.5114)
Luminance	0.1042 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42C59 #2CA477

analogous

#A42C95 #A42C59 #A43B2C

triadic

#A42C59 #59A42C #2C59A4

tetradic

#A42C59 #95A42C #2CA477 #3B2CA4

square

#A42C59 #95A42C #2CA477 #3B2CA4

split-complementary

#A42C59 #2CA43B #2C95A4

monochromatic

#431225 #741F3F #A42C59 #CC4175 #D97198

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.81

#A42C59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.08

#A42C59 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42C59

6.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42C59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42C59	1.00	6.81	3.08	6.81
#FFFFFF	6.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.08	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#474C5A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#676356

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2183F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42c59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 44, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.1% 0.159 2.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c46f87',
    500: '#a42c59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42c59;
$custom-light: #c46f87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42c59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 337.5,
    "s": 57.692,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49129,
    "c": 0.15926,
    "h": 2.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.10415
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42C59

secondary

#6BC0A1

accent

#E1A747

background

#FCF7F8

surface

#F9EDEF

border

#D2C8CA

text

#14080B

muted

#827B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42C59

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

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