#A42D8D#A42D8D

#A42D8D is a mid, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.117; OKLCH L 51.4% C 0.186 H 336.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42D8D
RGB	rgb(164, 45, 141)
HSL	hsl(312, 57%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(312, 73%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.6%, 14%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.73, 58.03, -26.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.73, 63.93, 335.20°)
OKLab	oklab(51.35% 0.1707 -0.0729)
OKLCH	oklch(51.35% 0.186 336.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.0563, 11.6943, 26.3424)
Luminance	0.1169 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42D8D #2DA444

analogous

#7F2DA4 #A42D8D #A42D51

triadic

#A42D8D #8DA42D #2D8DA4

tetradic

#A42D8D #A47F2D #2DA444 #2D51A4

square

#A42D8D #A47F2D #2DA444 #2D51A4

split-complementary

#A42D8D #51A42D #2DA47F

monochromatic

#44133A #742064 #A42D8D #CB43B1 #D973C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.29

#A42D8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.34

#A42D8D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42D8D

6.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42D8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42D8D	1.00	6.29	3.34	6.29
#FFFFFF	6.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#305490

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#58678A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD3459

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42d8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 45, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.4% 0.186 336.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c371ae',
    500: '#a42d8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42d8d;
$custom-light: #c371ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42d8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 311.597,
    "s": 56.938,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51354,
    "c": 0.18565,
    "h": 336.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.11692
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42D8D

secondary

#6DC07D

accent

#E06548

background

#FCF7FA

surface

#F8EDF4

border

#D1C8CE

text

#130810

muted

#827B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42D8D

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

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