#CA38B3#CA38B3

#CA38B3 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.222 H 335.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA38B3
RGB	rgb(202, 56, 179)
HSL	hsl(309, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(309, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.3%, 11.4%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.27, 68.99, -34.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.27, 76.96, 333.69°)
OKLab	oklab(60.06% 0.2014 -0.0932)
OKLCH	oklch(60.06% 0.222 335.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.9084, 18.6426, 44.4516)
Luminance	0.1864 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA38B3 #38CA4F

analogous

#9838CA #CA38B3 #CA386A

triadic

#CA38B3 #B3CA38 #38B3CA

tetradic

#CA38B3 #CA9838 #38CA4F #386ACA

square

#CA38B3 #CA9838 #38CA4F #386ACA

split-complementary

#CA38B3 #6ACA38 #38CA98

monochromatic

#6B1D5F #9B2989 #CA38B3 #D768C5 #E499D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.44

#CA38B3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.73

#CA38B3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CA38B3

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA38B3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA38B3	1.00	4.44	4.73	4.73
#FFFFFF	4.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#386AB6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B7FB0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D44472

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca38b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 56, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.222 335.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de7cca',
    500: '#ca38b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca38b3;
$custom-light: #de7cca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca38b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 309.452,
    "s": 57.937,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60058,
    "c": 0.22187,
    "h": 335.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.1864
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA38B3

secondary

#8ECF99

accent

#E15F47

background

#FEF8FC

surface

#FCEFF8

border

#D5CAD1

text

#160B13

muted

#847C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA38B3

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

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