#A42E8D#A42E8D

#A42E8D is a mid, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.118; OKLCH L 51.4% C 0.184 H 336.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42E8D
RGB	rgb(164, 46, 141)
HSL	hsl(312, 56%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(312, 72%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72%, 14%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.85, 57.68, -26.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.85, 63.53, 335.22°)
OKLab	oklab(51.44% 0.1697 -0.0724)
OKLCH	oklch(51.44% 0.184 336.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.0949, 11.7715, 26.3553)
Luminance	0.1177 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42E8D #2EA445

analogous

#802EA4 #A42E8D #A42E52

triadic

#A42E8D #8DA42E #2E8DA4

tetradic

#A42E8D #A4802E #2EA445 #2E52A4

square

#A42E8D #A4802E #2EA445 #2E52A4

split-complementary

#A42E8D #52A42E #2EA480

monochromatic

#44133B #742164 #A42E8D #CB45B1 #D874C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.26

#A42E8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.35

#A42E8D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42E8D

6.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42E8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42E8D	1.00	6.26	3.35	6.26
#FFFFFF	6.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#315590

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#59678A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD355A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42e8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 46, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.4% 0.184 336.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c272ae',
    500: '#a42e8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42e8d;
$custom-light: #c272ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42e8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 311.695,
    "s": 56.19,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51444,
    "c": 0.18447,
    "h": 336.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.1177
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42E8D

secondary

#6EC07E

accent

#DF6648

background

#FCF7FA

surface

#F8EDF4

border

#D1C8CE

text

#130910

muted

#827B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42E8D

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

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