#CA38B5#CA38B5

#CA38B5 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.187; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.223 H 334.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA38B5
RGB	rgb(202, 56, 181)
HSL	hsl(309, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(309, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.3%, 10.4%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.36, 69.28, -35.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.36, 77.68, 333.11°)
OKLab	oklab(60.16% 0.2015 -0.0961)
OKLCH	oklch(60.16% 0.223 334.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.1121, 18.7241, 45.5246)
Luminance	0.1872 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA38B5 #38CA4D

analogous

#9638CA #CA38B5 #CA386C

triadic

#CA38B5 #B5CA38 #38B5CA

tetradic

#CA38B5 #CA9638 #38CA4D #386CCA

square

#CA38B5 #CA9638 #38CA4D #386CCA

split-complementary

#CA38B5 #6CCA38 #38CA96

monochromatic

#6B1D60 #9B298B #CA38B5 #D768C7 #E499D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.43

#CA38B5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.74

#CA38B5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CA38B5

4.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA38B5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA38B5	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)

#366AB8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B7FB1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D44573

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca38b5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 56, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.223 334.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de7ccb',
    500: '#ca38b5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca38b5;
$custom-light: #de7ccb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca38b5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 308.63,
    "s": 57.937,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60159,
    "c": 0.22327,
    "h": 334.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.18721
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA38B5

secondary

#8ECF98

accent

#E15D47

background

#FEF8FC

surface

#FCEFF8

border

#D5CAD1

text

#160B13

muted

#847C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA38B5

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

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