#CA38C6#CA38C6

#CA38C6 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.195; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.236 H 329.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA38C6
RGB	rgb(202, 56, 198)
HSL	hsl(302, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(302, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.3%, 2%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.23, 71.87, -43.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.23, 84.08, 328.73°)
OKLab	oklab(61.06% 0.2023 -0.1207)
OKLCH	oklch(61.06% 0.236 329.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.9640, 19.4648, 55.2780)
Luminance	0.1946 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA38C6 #38CA3C

analogous

#8538CA #CA38C6 #CA387D

triadic

#CA38C6 #C6CA38 #38C6CA

tetradic

#CA38C6 #CA8538 #38CA3C #387DCA

square

#CA38C6 #CA8538 #38CA3C #387DCA

split-complementary

#CA38C6 #7DCA38 #38CA85

monochromatic

#6B1D69 #9B2998 #CA38C6 #D768D4 #E499E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.29

#CA38C6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.89

#CA38C6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CA38C6

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA38C6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA38C6	1.00	4.29	4.89	4.89
#FFFFFF	4.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#226ECA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6281C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D14D7C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca38c6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 56, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.236 329.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de7dd8',
    500: '#ca38c6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca38c6;
$custom-light: #de7dd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca38c6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 301.644,
    "s": 57.937,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6106,
    "c": 0.23554,
    "h": 329.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.19462
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA38C6

secondary

#8ECF90

accent

#E14B47

background

#FEF8FD

surface

#FCEFFA

border

#D5CAD3

text

#160B14

muted

#847C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA38C6

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

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