#A42E51#A42E51

#A42E51 is a mid, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.104; OKLCH L 49.1% C 0.155 H 7.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42E51
RGB	rgb(164, 46, 81)
HSL	hsl(342, 56%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(342, 72%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72%, 50.6%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.63, 50.47, 7.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.63, 51.02, 8.46°)
OKLab	oklab(49.09% 0.1538 0.0195)
OKLCH	oklch(49.09% 0.155 7.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.7736, 10.4430, 8.8627)
Luminance	0.1044 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42E51 #2EA481

analogous

#A42E8C #A42E51 #A4462E

triadic

#A42E51 #51A42E #2E51A4

tetradic

#A42E51 #8CA42E #2EA481 #462EA4

square

#A42E51 #8CA42E #2EA481 #462EA4

split-complementary

#A42E51 #2EA446 #2E8CA4

monochromatic

#441322 #742139 #A42E51 #CB456C #D87492

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.80

#A42E51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.09

#A42E51 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42E51

6.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42E51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42E51	1.00	6.80	3.09	6.80
#FFFFFF	6.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.09	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A4C52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#69644E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3173C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42e51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 46, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.1% 0.155 7.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c47081',
    500: '#a42e51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42e51;
$custom-light: #c47081;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42e51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 342.203,
    "s": 56.19,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49089,
    "c": 0.155,
    "h": 7.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.10441
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42E51

secondary

#6EC0A8

accent

#DFB348

background

#FCF7F7

surface

#F9EDEE

border

#D2C8C9

text

#14080A

muted

#827B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42E51

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

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