#A42E8E#A42E8E

#A42E8E is a mid, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.118; OKLCH L 51.5% C 0.185 H 336.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42E8E
RGB	rgb(164, 46, 142)
HSL	hsl(311, 56%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(311, 72%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72%, 13.4%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.90, 57.83, -27.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.90, 63.89, 334.84°)
OKLab	oklab(51.5% 0.1698 -0.0739)
OKLCH	oklch(51.5% 0.185 336.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.1697, 11.8014, 26.7489)
Luminance	0.1180 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42E8E #2EA444

analogous

#7F2EA4 #A42E8E #A42E53

triadic

#A42E8E #8EA42E #2E8EA4

tetradic

#A42E8E #A47F2E #2EA444 #2E53A4

square

#A42E8E #A47F2E #2EA444 #2E53A4

split-complementary

#A42E8E #53A42E #2EA47F

monochromatic

#44133B #742165 #A42E8E #CB45B2 #D874C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.25

#A42E8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.36

#A42E8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42E8E

6.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42E8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42E8E	1.00	6.25	3.36	6.25
#FFFFFF	6.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#305591

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#58678B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD365A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42e8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 46, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.5% 0.185 336.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c272af',
    500: '#a42e8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42e8e;
$custom-light: #c272af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42e8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 311.186,
    "s": 56.19,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51495,
    "c": 0.18518,
    "h": 336.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.11799
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42E8E

secondary

#6EC07D

accent

#DF6548

background

#FCF7FA

surface

#F8EDF4

border

#D1C8CE

text

#130910

muted

#827B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42E8E

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

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