#A51C42#A51C42

#A51C42 is a mid, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.092; OKLCH L 47.4% C 0.171 H 11.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A51C42
RGB	rgb(165, 28, 66)
HSL	hsl(343, 71%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(343, 83%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 83%, 60%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.42, 55.33, 14.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.42, 57.09, 14.28°)
OKLab	oklab(47.37% 0.1672 0.0349)
OKLCH	oklch(47.37% 0.171 11.8)
XYZ	xyz(16.9174, 9.2257, 6.0432)
Luminance	0.0922 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A51C42 #1CA57F

analogous

#A51C86 #A51C42 #A53B1C

triadic

#A51C42 #42A51C #1C42A5

tetradic

#A51C42 #86A51C #1CA57F #3B1CA5

square

#A51C42 #86A51C #1CA57F #3B1CA5

split-complementary

#A51C42 #1CA53B #1C86A5

monochromatic

#3C0A18 #71132D #A51C42 #D92557 #E3597F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.38

#A51C42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.84

#A51C42 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A51C42

7.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A51C42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A51C42	1.00	7.38	2.84	7.38
#FFFFFF	7.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#444442

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#67603E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5002D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a51c42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 28, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.4% 0.171 11.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c76876',
    500: '#a51c42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a51c42;
$custom-light: #c76876;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a51c42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 343.358,
    "s": 70.984,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47373,
    "c": 0.17079,
    "h": 11.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.09223
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A51C42

secondary

#56C6A7

accent

#EEBC3A

background

#FDF6F7

surface

#FAECED

border

#D3C7C8

text

#140708

muted

#837A7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A51C42

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

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