#A42E50#A42E50

#A42E50 is a mid, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.104; OKLCH L 49.1% C 0.155 H 7.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42E50
RGB	rgb(164, 46, 80)
HSL	hsl(343, 56%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(343, 72%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72%, 51.2%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.60, 50.38, 8.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.60, 51.03, 9.14°)
OKLab	oklab(49.06% 0.1534 0.021)
OKLCH	oklch(49.06% 0.155 7.8)
XYZ	xyz(17.7363, 10.4281, 8.6667)
Luminance	0.1043 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42E50 #2EA482

analogous

#A42E8B #A42E50 #A4472E

triadic

#A42E50 #50A42E #2E50A4

tetradic

#A42E50 #8BA42E #2EA482 #472EA4

square

#A42E50 #8BA42E #2EA482 #472EA4

split-complementary

#A42E50 #2EA447 #2E8BA4

monochromatic

#441321 #742139 #A42E50 #CB456B #D87491

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.81

#A42E50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.09

#A42E50 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42E50

6.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42E50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42E50	1.00	6.81	3.09	6.81
#FFFFFF	6.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.09	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A4C51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#69644D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3163C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42e50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 46, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.1% 0.155 7.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c47080',
    500: '#a42e50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42e50;
$custom-light: #c47080;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42e50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 342.712,
    "s": 56.19,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49061,
    "c": 0.15481,
    "h": 7.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.10426
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42E50

secondary

#6EC0A8

accent

#DFB448

background

#FCF7F7

surface

#F9EDEE

border

#D2C8C9

text

#14080A

muted

#827B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42E50

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

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