#A42E4E#A42E4E

#A42E4E is a mid, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.104; OKLCH L 49.0% C 0.154 H 8.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42E4E
RGB	rgb(164, 46, 78)
HSL	hsl(344, 56%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(344, 72%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72%, 52.4%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.55, 50.21, 9.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.55, 51.06, 10.50°)
OKLab	oklab(49.01% 0.1526 0.0239)
OKLCH	oklch(49.01% 0.154 8.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.6635, 10.3989, 8.2833)
Luminance	0.1040 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42E4E #2EA484

analogous

#A42E89 #A42E4E #A4492E

triadic

#A42E4E #4EA42E #2E4EA4

tetradic

#A42E4E #89A42E #2EA484 #492EA4

square

#A42E4E #89A42E #2EA484 #492EA4

split-complementary

#A42E4E #2EA449 #2E89A4

monochromatic

#441321 #742137 #A42E4E #CB4569 #D8748F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.82

#A42E4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.08

#A42E4E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42E4E

6.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42E4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42E4E	1.00	6.82	3.08	6.82
#FFFFFF	6.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.08	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B4C4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#69634B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3153B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42e4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 46, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.0% 0.154 8.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5707f',
    500: '#a42e4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42e4e;
$custom-light: #c5707f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42e4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 343.729,
    "s": 56.19,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49007,
    "c": 0.15447,
    "h": 8.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.10397
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42E4E

secondary

#6EC0AA

accent

#DFB648

background

#FCF7F7

surface

#F9EDEE

border

#D2C8C9

text

#14080A

muted

#827B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42E4E

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

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