#CA38B4#CA38B4

#CA38B4 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.187; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.223 H 334.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA38B4
RGB	rgb(202, 56, 180)
HSL	hsl(309, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(309, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.3%, 10.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.31, 69.13, -34.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.31, 77.32, 333.40°)
OKLab	oklab(60.11% 0.2015 -0.0946)
OKLCH	oklch(60.11% 0.223 334.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.0099, 18.6832, 44.9862)
Luminance	0.1868 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA38B4 #38CA4E

analogous

#9738CA #CA38B4 #CA386B

triadic

#CA38B4 #B4CA38 #38B4CA

tetradic

#CA38B4 #CA9738 #38CA4E #386BCA

square

#CA38B4 #CA9738 #38CA4E #386BCA

split-complementary

#CA38B4 #6BCA38 #38CA97

monochromatic

#6B1D5F #9B298A #CA38B4 #D768C6 #E499D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.43

#CA38B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.74

#CA38B4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CA38B4

4.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA38B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA38B4	1.00	4.43	4.74	4.74
#FFFFFF	4.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#376AB7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B7FB1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D44472

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca38b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 56, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.223 334.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de7ccb',
    500: '#ca38b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca38b4;
$custom-light: #de7ccb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca38b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 309.041,
    "s": 57.937,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60109,
    "c": 0.22257,
    "h": 334.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.1868
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA38B4

secondary

#8ECF98

accent

#E15E47

background

#FEF8FC

surface

#FCEFF8

border

#D5CAD1

text

#160B13

muted

#847C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA38B4

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

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