#CA38C4#CA38C4

#CA38C4 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.194; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.234 H 329.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA38C4
RGB	rgb(202, 56, 196)
HSL	hsl(302, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(302, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.3%, 3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.12, 71.56, -42.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.12, 83.31, 329.20°)
OKLab	oklab(60.95% 0.2023 -0.1178)
OKLCH	oklch(60.95% 0.234 329.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.7349, 19.3732, 54.0711)
Luminance	0.1937 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA38C4 #38CA3E

analogous

#8738CA #CA38C4 #CA387B

triadic

#CA38C4 #C4CA38 #38C4CA

tetradic

#CA38C4 #CA8738 #38CA3E #387BCA

square

#CA38C4 #CA8738 #38CA3E #387BCA

split-complementary

#CA38C4 #7BCA38 #38CA87

monochromatic

#6B1D68 #9B2997 #CA38C4 #D768D2 #E499E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.31

#CA38C4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.87

#CA38C4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CA38C4

4.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA38C4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA38C4	1.00	4.31	4.87	4.87
#FFFFFF	4.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#256DC8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6381C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D14C7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca38c4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 56, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.234 329.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de7dd6',
    500: '#ca38c4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca38c4;
$custom-light: #de7dd6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca38c4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 302.466,
    "s": 57.937,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6095,
    "c": 0.23406,
    "h": 329.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.1937
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA38C4

secondary

#8ECF91

accent

#E14D47

background

#FEF8FD

surface

#FCEFFA

border

#D5CAD3

text

#160B14

muted

#847C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA38C4

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

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