#CA38CC#CA38CC

#CA38CC is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.197; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.240 H 327.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA38CC
RGB	rgb(202, 56, 204)
HSL	hsl(299, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(299, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(1%, 72.5%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.55, 72.83, -46.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.55, 86.45, 327.40°)
OKLab	oklab(61.4% 0.2023 -0.1292)
OKLCH	oklch(61.4% 0.24 327.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.6698, 19.7471, 58.9952)
Luminance	0.1974 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA38CC #3ACC38

analogous

#8038CC #CA38CC #CC3884

triadic

#CA38CC #CCCA38 #38CCCA

tetradic

#CA38CC #CC8038 #3ACC38 #3884CC

square

#CA38CC #CC8038 #3ACC38 #3884CC

split-complementary

#CA38CC #84CC38 #38CC80

monochromatic

#6C1C6E #9D299E #CA38CC #D769D8 #E499E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.24

#CA38CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.95

#CA38CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CA38CC

4.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA38CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA38CC	1.00	4.24	4.95	4.95
#FFFFFF	4.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#166FD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F81C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0507F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca38cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 56, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.240 327.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de7ddc',
    500: '#ca38cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca38cc;
$custom-light: #de7ddc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca38cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 299.189,
    "s": 59.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61396,
    "c": 0.24003,
    "h": 327.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.19745
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA38CC

secondary

#90D18F

accent

#E24548

background

#FEF8FD

surface

#FCEFFB

border

#D5CAD4

text

#160B15

muted

#847C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA38CC

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

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