#CA40C4#CA40C4

#CA40C4 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.202; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.225 H 329.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA40C4
RGB	rgb(202, 64, 196)
HSL	hsl(303, 57%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(303, 68%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.3%, 3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.08, 68.85, -41.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.08, 80.21, 329.14°)
OKLab	oklab(61.64% 0.1945 -0.1135)
OKLCH	oklch(61.64% 0.225 329.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.1541, 20.2116, 54.2109)
Luminance	0.2021 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA40C4 #40CA46

analogous

#8B40CA #CA40C4 #CA407F

triadic

#CA40C4 #C4CA40 #40C4CA

tetradic

#CA40C4 #CA8B40 #40CA46 #407FCA

square

#CA40C4 #CA8B40 #40CA46 #407FCA

split-complementary

#CA40C4 #7FCA40 #40CA8B

monochromatic

#701F6D #A02C9B #CA40C4 #D770D3 #E5A0E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.17

#CA40C4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.04

#CA40C4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CA40C4

5.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA40C4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA40C4	1.00	4.17	5.04	5.04
#FFFFFF	4.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3170C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6783C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1517D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca40c4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 64, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.225 329.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de80d6',
    500: '#ca40c4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca40c4;
$custom-light: #de80d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca40c4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 302.609,
    "s": 56.557,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61636,
    "c": 0.22518,
    "h": 329.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.20209
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA40C4

secondary

#95D197

accent

#E04F48

background

#FEF8FD

surface

#FCEFFA

border

#D5CAD3

text

#160B14

muted

#847C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA40C4

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

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