#CA38B2#CA38B2

#CA38B2 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.221 H 335.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA38B2
RGB	rgb(202, 56, 178)
HSL	hsl(310, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(310, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.3%, 11.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.22, 68.84, -33.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.22, 76.60, 333.98°)
OKLab	oklab(60.01% 0.2013 -0.0917)
OKLCH	oklch(60.01% 0.221 335.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.8076, 18.6023, 43.9209)
Luminance	0.1860 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA38B2 #38CA50

analogous

#9938CA #CA38B2 #CA3869

triadic

#CA38B2 #B2CA38 #38B2CA

tetradic

#CA38B2 #CA9938 #38CA50 #3869CA

square

#CA38B2 #CA9938 #38CA50 #3869CA

split-complementary

#CA38B2 #69CA38 #38CA99

monochromatic

#6B1D5E #9B2989 #CA38B2 #D768C5 #E499D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.45

#CA38B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.72

#CA38B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CA38B2

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA38B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA38B2	1.00	4.45	4.72	4.72
#FFFFFF	4.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#396AB5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C7FAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D44371

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca38b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 56, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.221 335.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de7cc9',
    500: '#ca38b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca38b2;
$custom-light: #de7cc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca38b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 309.863,
    "s": 57.937,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60008,
    "c": 0.22118,
    "h": 335.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.18599
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA38B2

secondary

#8ECF99

accent

#E16047

background

#FEF8FC

surface

#FCEFF8

border

#D5CAD1

text

#160B13

muted

#847C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA38B2

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

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