#CA40D4#CA40D4

#CA40D4 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.210; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.238 H 325.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA40D4
RGB	rgb(202, 64, 212)
HSL	hsl(296, 63%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(296, 70%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.7%, 69.8%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.93, 71.48, -48.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.93, 86.65, 325.58°)
OKLab	oklab(62.52% 0.1947 -0.1362)
OKLCH	oklch(62.52% 0.238 325)
XYZ	xyz(38.0733, 20.9792, 64.3186)
Luminance	0.2098 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA40D4 #4AD440

analogous

#8040D4 #CA40D4 #D44094

triadic

#CA40D4 #D4CA40 #40D4CA

tetradic

#CA40D4 #D48040 #4AD440 #4094D4

square

#CA40D4 #D48040 #4AD440 #4094D4

split-complementary

#CA40D4 #94D440 #40D480

monochromatic

#771C7D #A627AF #CA40D4 #D872DF #E6A4EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.04

#CA40D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.20

#CA40D4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CA40D4

5.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA40D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA40D4	1.00	4.04	5.20	5.20
#FFFFFF	4.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1874D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E84D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE5886

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca40d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 64, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.238 325.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de81e2',
    500: '#ca40d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca40d4;
$custom-light: #de81e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca40d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 295.946,
    "s": 63.248,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62523,
    "c": 0.23764,
    "h": 325
  },
  "luminance": 0.20977
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA40D4

secondary

#9DD798

accent

#E6424D

background

#FEF8FD

surface

#FCF0FB

border

#D5CBD4

text

#160B15

muted

#847C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA40D4

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

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