#A42C72#A42C72

#A42C72 is a mid, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.109; OKLCH L 50.0% C 0.170 H 349.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42C72
RGB	rgb(164, 44, 114)
HSL	hsl(325, 58%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(325, 73%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.2%, 30.5%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.43, 54.70, -12.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.43, 56.03, 347.48°)
OKLab	oklab(50.03% 0.1668 -0.0318)
OKLCH	oklch(50.03% 0.17 349.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.2488, 10.9109, 17.0087)
Luminance	0.1091 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42C72 #2CA45E

analogous

#9A2CA4 #A42C72 #A42C36

triadic

#A42C72 #72A42C #2C72A4

tetradic

#A42C72 #A49A2C #2CA45E #2C36A4

square

#A42C72 #A49A2C #2CA45E #2C36A4

split-complementary

#A42C72 #36A42C #2CA49A

monochromatic

#43122F #741F50 #A42C72 #CC4192 #D971AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.60

#A42C72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.18

#A42C72 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42C72

6.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42C72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42C72	1.00	6.60	3.18	6.60
#FFFFFF	6.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3E4F74

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#61656F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0264B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42c72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 44, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.0% 0.170 349.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3709a',
    500: '#a42c72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42c72;
$custom-light: #c3709a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42c72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 325,
    "s": 57.692,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5003,
    "c": 0.16983,
    "h": 349.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.10909
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42C72

secondary

#6BC08F

accent

#E18747

background

#FCF7F9

surface

#F8EDF2

border

#D1C8CC

text

#13080E

muted

#827B7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42C72

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

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