#CA38B6#CA38B6

#CA38B6 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.188; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.224 H 334.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA38B6
RGB	rgb(202, 56, 182)
HSL	hsl(308, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(308, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.3%, 9.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.41, 69.43, -35.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.41, 78.04, 332.83°)
OKLab	oklab(60.21% 0.2016 -0.0975)
OKLCH	oklch(60.21% 0.224 334.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.2151, 18.7652, 46.0669)
Luminance	0.1876 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA38B6 #38CA4C

analogous

#9538CA #CA38B6 #CA386D

triadic

#CA38B6 #B6CA38 #38B6CA

tetradic

#CA38B6 #CA9538 #38CA4C #386DCA

square

#CA38B6 #CA9538 #38CA4C #386DCA

split-complementary

#CA38B6 #6DCA38 #38CA95

monochromatic

#6B1D60 #9B298C #CA38B6 #D768C8 #E499D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.42

#CA38B6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.75

#CA38B6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CA38B6

4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA38B6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA38B6	1.00	4.42	4.75	4.75
#FFFFFF	4.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#356AB9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A80B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D34573

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca38b6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 56, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.224 334.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de7ccc',
    500: '#ca38b6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca38b6;
$custom-light: #de7ccc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca38b6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 308.219,
    "s": 57.937,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6021,
    "c": 0.22396,
    "h": 334.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.18762
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA38B6

secondary

#8ECF97

accent

#E15C47

background

#FEF8FC

surface

#FCEFF9

border

#D5CAD2

text

#160B13

muted

#847C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA38B6

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

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