#A42E4D#A42E4D

#A42E4D is a mid, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.104; OKLCH L 49.0% C 0.154 H 9.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42E4D
RGB	rgb(164, 46, 77)
HSL	hsl(344, 56%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(344, 72%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72%, 53%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.52, 50.12, 9.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.52, 51.09, 11.18°)
OKLab	oklab(48.98% 0.1522 0.0253)
OKLCH	oklch(48.98% 0.154 9.4)
XYZ	xyz(17.6280, 10.3847, 8.0959)
Luminance	0.1038 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42E4D #2EA485

analogous

#A42E88 #A42E4D #A44A2E

triadic

#A42E4D #4DA42E #2E4DA4

tetradic

#A42E4D #88A42E #2EA485 #4A2EA4

square

#A42E4D #88A42E #2EA485 #4A2EA4

split-complementary

#A42E4D #2EA44A #2E88A4

monochromatic

#441320 #742137 #A42E4D #CB4568 #D8748F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.83

#A42E4D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.08

#A42E4D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42E4D

6.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42E4D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42E4D	1.00	6.83	3.08	6.83
#FFFFFF	6.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.08	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B4C4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A634A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3153B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42e4d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 46, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.0% 0.154 9.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5707e',
    500: '#a42e4d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42e4d;
$custom-light: #c5707e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42e4d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 344.237,
    "s": 56.19,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4898,
    "c": 0.1543,
    "h": 9.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.10382
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42E4D

secondary

#6EC0AA

accent

#DFB848

background

#FCF7F7

surface

#F9EDEE

border

#D2C8C9

text

#140809

muted

#827B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42E4D

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

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