#CA40C8#CA40C8

#CA40C8 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.204; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.228 H 328.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA40C8
RGB	rgb(202, 64, 200)
HSL	hsl(301, 57%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(301, 68%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.3%, 1%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.28, 69.49, -43.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.28, 81.79, 328.18°)
OKLab	oklab(61.85% 0.1947 -0.1192)
OKLCH	oklch(61.85% 0.228 328.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.6154, 20.3961, 56.6407)
Luminance	0.2039 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA40C8 #40CA42

analogous

#8740CA #CA40C8 #CA4083

triadic

#CA40C8 #C8CA40 #40C8CA

tetradic

#CA40C8 #CA8740 #40CA42 #4083CA

square

#CA40C8 #CA8740 #40CA42 #4083CA

split-complementary

#CA40C8 #83CA40 #40CA87

monochromatic

#701F6F #A02C9F #CA40C8 #D770D6 #E5A0E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.13

#CA40C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.08

#CA40C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CA40C8

5.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA40C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA40C8	1.00	4.13	5.08	5.08
#FFFFFF	4.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2C71CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6583C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1537F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca40c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 64, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.228 328.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de81d9',
    500: '#ca40c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca40c8;
$custom-light: #de81d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca40c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300.87,
    "s": 56.557,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61852,
    "c": 0.22825,
    "h": 328.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.20393
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA40C8

secondary

#95D196

accent

#E04A48

background

#FEF8FD

surface

#FCEFFA

border

#D5CAD3

text

#160B15

muted

#847C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA40C8

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

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