#A42C5C#A42C5C

#A42C5C is a mid, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.105; OKLCH L 49.2% C 0.160 H 0.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#A42C5C
RGBrgb(164, 44, 92)
HSLhsl(336, 58%, 41%)
HSVhsv(336, 73%, 64%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 73.2%, 43.9%, 35.7%)
CIE-LABlab(38.67, 52.24, 0.58)
CIE-LCHlch(38.67, 52.25, 0.64°)
OKLaboklab(49.22% 0.1602 0.0021)
OKLCHoklch(49.22% 0.16 0.8)
XYZxyz(18.1437, 10.4689, 11.1884)
Luminance0.1047 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familypink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#A42C5C #2CA474
analogous
#A42C98 #A42C5C #A4382C
triadic
#A42C5C #5CA42C #2C5CA4
tetradic
#A42C5C #98A42C #2CA474 #382CA4
square
#A42C5C #98A42C #2CA474 #382CA4
split-complementary
#A42C5C #2CA438 #2C98A4
monochromatic
#431226 #741F41 #A42C5C #CC4179 #D9719B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.79
#A42C5C on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.09
#A42C5C on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42C5C
6.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##A42C5C#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##A42C5C1.006.793.096.79
#FFFFFF6.791.0021.001.00
#0000003.0921.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF6.791.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#464C5D
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#666359
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#B21A40
Achromatopsia (no color)
#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #a42c5c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 44, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.2% 0.160 0.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c46f8a',
    500: '#a42c5c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #a42c5c;
$custom-light: #c46f8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#a42c5c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 336,
    "s": 57.692,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49224,
    "c": 0.16019,
    "h": 0.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.10467
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#A42C5C
secondary
#6BC09E
accent
#E1A347
background
#FCF7F8
surface
#F9EDF0
border
#D2C8CB
text
#13080B
muted
#827B7C

Preview Lab

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#A42C5C Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva