#CA38B8#CA38B8

#CA38B8 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.188; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.225 H 333.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA38B8
RGB	rgb(202, 56, 184)
HSL	hsl(307, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(307, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.3%, 8.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.51, 69.72, -36.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.51, 78.77, 332.27°)
OKLab	oklab(60.31% 0.2018 -0.1005)
OKLCH	oklch(60.31% 0.225 333.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.4233, 18.8485, 47.1632)
Luminance	0.1885 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA38B8 #38CA4A

analogous

#9338CA #CA38B8 #CA386F

triadic

#CA38B8 #B8CA38 #38B8CA

tetradic

#CA38B8 #CA9338 #38CA4A #386FCA

square

#CA38B8 #CA9338 #38CA4A #386FCA

split-complementary

#CA38B8 #6FCA38 #38CA93

monochromatic

#6B1D61 #9B298D #CA38B8 #D768C9 #E499DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.40

#CA38B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.77

#CA38B8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CA38B8

4.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA38B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA38B8	1.00	4.40	4.77	4.77
#FFFFFF	4.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#336BBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6980B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D34674

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca38b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 56, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.225 333.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de7cce',
    500: '#ca38b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca38b8;
$custom-light: #de7cce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca38b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 307.397,
    "s": 57.937,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60313,
    "c": 0.22538,
    "h": 333.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.18846
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA38B8

secondary

#8ECF96

accent

#E15A47

background

#FEF8FC

surface

#FCEFF9

border

#D5CAD2

text

#160B13

muted

#847C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA38B8

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

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