#A42E72#A42E72

#A42E72 is a mid, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.111; OKLCH L 50.2% C 0.167 H 349.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42E72
RGB	rgb(164, 46, 114)
HSL	hsl(325, 56%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(325, 72%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72%, 30.5%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.69, 53.98, -11.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.69, 55.24, 347.72°)
OKLab	oklab(50.22% 0.1646 -0.0307)
OKLCH	oklch(50.22% 0.167 349.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.3251, 11.0636, 17.0341)
Luminance	0.1106 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42E72 #2EA460

analogous

#9B2EA4 #A42E72 #A42E37

triadic

#A42E72 #72A42E #2E72A4

tetradic

#A42E72 #A49B2E #2EA460 #2E37A4

square

#A42E72 #A49B2E #2EA460 #2E37A4

split-complementary

#A42E72 #37A42E #2EA49B

monochromatic

#441330 #742151 #A42E72 #CB4592 #D874AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.54

#A42E72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.21

#A42E72 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42E72

6.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42E72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42E72	1.00	6.54	3.21	6.54
#FFFFFF	6.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#405074

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#62656F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0284C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42e72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 46, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.2% 0.167 349.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3719a',
    500: '#a42e72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42e72;
$custom-light: #c3719a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42e72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 325.424,
    "s": 56.19,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50218,
    "c": 0.16742,
    "h": 349.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.11061
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42E72

secondary

#6EC091

accent

#DF8848

background

#FCF7F9

surface

#F8EDF2

border

#D1C8CC

text

#13080E

muted

#827B7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42E72

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

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