#A42C8E#A42C8E

#A42C8E is a mid, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.116; OKLCH L 51.3% C 0.188 H 336.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42C8E
RGB	rgb(164, 44, 142)
HSL	hsl(311, 58%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(311, 73%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.2%, 13.4%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.65, 58.53, -27.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.65, 64.68, 334.80°)
OKLab	oklab(51.32% 0.1719 -0.075)
OKLCH	oklch(51.32% 0.188 336.4)
XYZ	xyz(21.0934, 11.6488, 26.7235)
Luminance	0.1165 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	pink

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42C8E #2CA442

analogous

#7E2CA4 #A42C8E #A42C52

triadic

#A42C8E #8EA42C #2C8EA4

tetradic

#A42C8E #A47E2C #2CA442 #2C52A4

square

#A42C8E #A47E2C #2CA442 #2C52A4

split-complementary

#A42C8E #52A42C #2CA47E

monochromatic

#43123A #741F64 #A42C8E #CC41B3 #D971C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.31

#A42C8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.33

#A42C8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42C8E

6.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42C8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42C8E	1.00	6.31	3.33	6.31
#FFFFFF	6.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2E5491

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#57668B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD345A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42c8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 44, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.3% 0.188 336.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c371af',
    500: '#a42c8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42c8e;
$custom-light: #c371af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42c8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 311,
    "s": 57.692,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51317,
    "c": 0.18753,
    "h": 336.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.11647
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42C8E

secondary

#6BC07B

accent

#E16347

background

#FCF7FA

surface

#F8EDF4

border

#D1C8CE

text

#130810

muted

#827B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42C8E

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

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