#A42C5E#A42C5E

#A42C5E is a mid, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.105; OKLCH L 49.3% C 0.161 H 359.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42C5E
RGB	rgb(164, 44, 94)
HSL	hsl(335, 58%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(335, 73%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.2%, 42.7%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.73, 52.44, -0.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.73, 52.45, 359.35°)
OKLab	oklab(49.29% 0.1609 -0.0009)
OKLCH	oklch(49.29% 0.161 359.7)
XYZ	xyz(18.2322, 10.5043, 11.6549)
Luminance	0.1050 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42C5E #2CA472

analogous

#A42C9A #A42C5E #A4362C

triadic

#A42C5E #5EA42C #2C5EA4

tetradic

#A42C5E #9AA42C #2CA472 #362CA4

square

#A42C5E #9AA42C #2CA472 #362CA4

split-complementary

#A42C5E #2CA436 #2C9AA4

monochromatic

#431227 #741F42 #A42C5E #CC417B #D9719D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.77

#A42C5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.10

#A42C5E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42C5E

6.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42C5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42C5E	1.00	6.77	3.10	6.77
#FFFFFF	6.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#454D5F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#66645B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B21B41

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42c5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 44, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.3% 0.161 359.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c46f8b',
    500: '#a42c5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42c5e;
$custom-light: #c46f8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42c5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 335,
    "s": 57.692,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4929,
    "c": 0.16087,
    "h": 359.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.10502
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42C5E

secondary

#6BC09D

accent

#E1A147

background

#FCF7F8

surface

#F9EDF0

border

#D2C8CB

text

#13080C

muted

#827B7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42C5E

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

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