#A42C78#A42C78

#A42C78 is a mid, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.111; OKLCH L 50.3% C 0.173 H 346.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42C78
RGB	rgb(164, 44, 120)
HSL	hsl(322, 58%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(322, 73%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.2%, 26.8%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.67, 55.46, -15.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.67, 57.59, 344.37°)
OKLab	oklab(50.28% 0.1683 -0.0411)
OKLCH	oklch(50.28% 0.173 346.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.6015, 11.0521, 18.8666)
Luminance	0.1105 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42C78 #2CA458

analogous

#942CA4 #A42C78 #A42C3C

triadic

#A42C78 #78A42C #2C78A4

tetradic

#A42C78 #A4942C #2CA458 #2C3CA4

square

#A42C78 #A4942C #2CA458 #2C3CA4

split-complementary

#A42C78 #3CA42C #2CA494

monochromatic

#431231 #741F55 #A42C78 #CC4199 #D971B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.54

#A42C78 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.21

#A42C78 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42C78

6.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42C78	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42C78	1.00	6.54	3.21	6.54
#FFFFFF	6.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3C507A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F6575

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF294E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42c78;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 44, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.3% 0.173 346.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3709f',
    500: '#a42c78',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42c78;
$custom-light: #c3709f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42c78",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 322,
    "s": 57.692,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50281,
    "c": 0.1732,
    "h": 346.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.1105
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42C78

secondary

#6BC08B

accent

#E17F47

background

#FCF7F9

surface

#F8EDF2

border

#D1C8CC

text

#13080E

muted

#827B7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42C78

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

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