#CA38CD#CA38CD

#CA38CD is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.198; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.241 H 327.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA38CD
RGB	rgb(202, 56, 205)
HSL	hsl(299, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(299, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.5%, 72.7%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.60, 72.99, -47.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.60, 86.85, 327.18°)
OKLab	oklab(61.45% 0.2023 -0.1306)
OKLCH	oklch(61.45% 0.241 327.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.7902, 19.7953, 59.6289)
Luminance	0.1979 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA38CD #3BCD38

analogous

#7F38CD #CA38CD #CD3885

triadic

#CA38CD #CDCA38 #38CDCA

tetradic

#CA38CD #CD7F38 #3BCD38 #3885CD

square

#CA38CD #CD7F38 #3BCD38 #3885CD

split-complementary

#CA38CD #85CD38 #38CD7F

monochromatic

#6D1C6F #9D28A0 #CA38CD #D769D9 #E49AE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.24

#CA38CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.96

#CA38CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CA38CD

4.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA38CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA38CD	1.00	4.24	4.96	4.96
#FFFFFF	4.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#136FD1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E81C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D05080

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca38cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 56, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.241 327.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de7ddd',
    500: '#ca38cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca38cd;
$custom-light: #de7ddd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca38cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 298.792,
    "s": 59.839,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61453,
    "c": 0.24077,
    "h": 327.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.19793
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA38CD

secondary

#91D18F

accent

#E34548

background

#FEF8FD

surface

#FCEFFB

border

#D5CAD4

text

#160B15

muted

#847C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA38CD

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

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