#A42E78#A42E78

#A42E78 is a mid, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.112; OKLCH L 50.5% C 0.171 H 346.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42E78
RGB	rgb(164, 46, 120)
HSL	hsl(322, 56%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(322, 72%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72%, 26.8%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.92, 54.74, -15.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.92, 56.79, 344.55°)
OKLab	oklab(50.47% 0.166 -0.04)
OKLCH	oklch(50.47% 0.171 346.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.6779, 11.2047, 18.8921)
Luminance	0.1120 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42E78 #2EA45A

analogous

#952EA4 #A42E78 #A42E3D

triadic

#A42E78 #78A42E #2E78A4

tetradic

#A42E78 #A4952E #2EA45A #2E3DA4

square

#A42E78 #A4952E #2EA45A #2E3DA4

split-complementary

#A42E78 #3DA42E #2EA495

monochromatic

#441332 #742155 #A42E78 #CB4599 #D874B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.48

#A42E78 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.24

#A42E78 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42E78

6.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42E78	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42E78	1.00	6.48	3.24	6.48
#FFFFFF	6.48	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.48	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3D517A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#606575

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF2B4F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42e78;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 46, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.5% 0.171 346.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3719f',
    500: '#a42e78',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42e78;
$custom-light: #c3719f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42e78",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 322.373,
    "s": 56.19,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50467,
    "c": 0.17079,
    "h": 346.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.11203
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42E78

secondary

#6EC08C

accent

#DF8148

background

#FCF7F9

surface

#F8EDF2

border

#D1C8CC

text

#13080E

muted

#827B7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42E78

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

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