#CA38C8#CA38C8

#CA38C8 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.196; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.237 H 328.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA38C8
RGB	rgb(202, 56, 200)
HSL	hsl(301, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(301, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.3%, 1%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.33, 72.19, -44.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.33, 84.87, 328.28°)
OKLab	oklab(61.17% 0.2023 -0.1235)
OKLCH	oklch(61.17% 0.237 328.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.1962, 19.5577, 56.5010)
Luminance	0.1956 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA38C8 #38CA3A

analogous

#8338CA #CA38C8 #CA387F

triadic

#CA38C8 #C8CA38 #38C8CA

tetradic

#CA38C8 #CA8338 #38CA3A #387FCA

square

#CA38C8 #CA8338 #38CA3A #387FCA

split-complementary

#CA38C8 #7FCA38 #38CA83

monochromatic

#6B1D6A #9B299A #CA38C8 #D768D5 #E499E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.28

#CA38C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.91

#CA38C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CA38C8

4.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA38C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA38C8	1.00	4.28	4.91	4.91
#FFFFFF	4.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1E6ECC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6181C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D14E7D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca38c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 56, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.237 328.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de7dd9',
    500: '#ca38c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca38c8;
$custom-light: #de7dd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca38c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300.822,
    "s": 57.937,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61171,
    "c": 0.23702,
    "h": 328.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.19555
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA38C8

secondary

#8ECF8F

accent

#E14947

background

#FEF8FD

surface

#FCEFFA

border

#D5CAD3

text

#160B15

muted

#847C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA38C8

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

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