#CA38BC#CA38BC

#CA38BC is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.228 H 332.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA38BC
RGB	rgb(202, 56, 188)
HSL	hsl(306, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(306, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.3%, 6.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.71, 70.33, -38.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.71, 80.26, 331.20°)
OKLab	oklab(60.52% 0.202 -0.1063)
OKLCH	oklch(60.52% 0.228 332.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.8485, 19.0186, 49.4028)
Luminance	0.1902 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA38BC #38CA46

analogous

#8F38CA #CA38BC #CA3873

triadic

#CA38BC #BCCA38 #38BCCA

tetradic

#CA38BC #CA8F38 #38CA46 #3873CA

square

#CA38BC #CA8F38 #38CA46 #3873CA

split-complementary

#CA38BC #73CA38 #38CA8F

monochromatic

#6B1D64 #9B2990 #CA38BC #D768CC #E499DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.37

#CA38BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.80

#CA38BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CA38BC

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA38BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA38BC	1.00	4.37	4.80	4.80
#FFFFFF	4.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2F6CC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6780B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D34877

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca38bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 56, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.228 332.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de7dd0',
    500: '#ca38bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca38bc;
$custom-light: #de7dd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca38bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 305.753,
    "s": 57.937,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60521,
    "c": 0.22823,
    "h": 332.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.19016
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA38BC

secondary

#8ECF95

accent

#E15547

background

#FEF8FC

surface

#FCEFF9

border

#D5CAD2

text

#160B14

muted

#847C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA38BC

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

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