#CA38C5#CA38C5

#CA38C5 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.194; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.235 H 329.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA38C5
RGB	rgb(202, 56, 197)
HSL	hsl(302, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(302, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.3%, 2.5%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.17, 71.72, -43.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.17, 83.70, 328.97°)
OKLab	oklab(61.01% 0.2023 -0.1192)
OKLCH	oklch(61.01% 0.235 329.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.8491, 19.4188, 54.6726)
Luminance	0.1942 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA38C5 #38CA3D

analogous

#8638CA #CA38C5 #CA387C

triadic

#CA38C5 #C5CA38 #38C5CA

tetradic

#CA38C5 #CA8638 #38CA3D #387CCA

square

#CA38C5 #CA8638 #38CA3D #387CCA

split-complementary

#CA38C5 #7CCA38 #38CA86

monochromatic

#6B1D68 #9B2998 #CA38C5 #D768D3 #E499E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.30

#CA38C5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.88

#CA38C5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CA38C5

4.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA38C5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA38C5	1.00	4.30	4.88	4.88
#FFFFFF	4.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#236DC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6381C1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D14C7C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca38c5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 56, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.235 329.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de7dd7',
    500: '#ca38c5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca38c5;
$custom-light: #de7dd7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca38c5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 302.055,
    "s": 57.937,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61005,
    "c": 0.2348,
    "h": 329.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.19416
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA38C5

secondary

#8ECF91

accent

#E14C47

background

#FEF8FD

surface

#FCEFFA

border

#D5CAD3

text

#160B14

muted

#847C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA38C5

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

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