#A42E55#A42E55

#A42E55 is a mid, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.105; OKLCH L 49.2% C 0.156 H 5.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42E55
RGB	rgb(164, 46, 85)
HSL	hsl(340, 56%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(340, 72%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72%, 48.2%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.73, 50.83, 5.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.73, 51.09, 5.75°)
OKLab	oklab(49.2% 0.1553 0.0136)
OKLCH	oklch(49.2% 0.156 5)
XYZ	xyz(17.9280, 10.5047, 9.6761)
Luminance	0.1050 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42E55 #2EA47D

analogous

#A42E90 #A42E55 #A4422E

triadic

#A42E55 #55A42E #2E55A4

tetradic

#A42E55 #90A42E #2EA47D #422EA4

square

#A42E55 #90A42E #2EA47D #422EA4

split-complementary

#A42E55 #2EA442 #2E90A4

monochromatic

#441323 #74213C #A42E55 #CB4571 #D87495

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.77

#A42E55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.10

#A42E55 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42E55

6.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42E55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42E55	1.00	6.77	3.10	6.77
#FFFFFF	6.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#494C56

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#686452

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2193E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42e55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 46, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.2% 0.156 5.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c47084',
    500: '#a42e55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42e55;
$custom-light: #c47084;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42e55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 340.169,
    "s": 56.19,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49204,
    "c": 0.15588,
    "h": 5
  },
  "luminance": 0.10502
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42E55

secondary

#6EC0A5

accent

#DFAE48

background

#FCF7F8

surface

#F9EDEF

border

#D2C8CA

text

#14080A

muted

#827B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42E55

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

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