#CA40E2#CA40E2

#CA40E2 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.249 H 321.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA40E2
RGB	rgb(202, 64, 226)
HSL	hsl(291, 74%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(291, 72%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.6%, 71.7%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.72, 73.89, -55.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.72, 92.50, 323.02°)
OKLab	oklab(63.35% 0.1942 -0.1557)
OKLCH	oklch(63.35% 0.249 321.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.9164, 21.7165, 74.0259)
Luminance	0.2171 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA40E2 #58E240

analogous

#7940E2 #CA40E2 #E240A9

triadic

#CA40E2 #E2CA40 #40E2CA

tetradic

#CA40E2 #E27940 #58E240 #40A9E2

square

#CA40E2 #E27940 #58E240 #40A9E2

split-complementary

#CA40E2 #A9E240 #40E279

monochromatic

#7F1692 #AE1EC7 #CA40E2 #D975EA #E7AAF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.93

#CA40E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.34

#CA40E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CA40E2

5.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA40E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA40E2	1.00	3.93	5.34	5.34
#FFFFFF	3.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0077E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5485DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC5F8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca40e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 64, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.249 321.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de81ec',
    500: '#ca40e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca40e2;
$custom-light: #de81ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca40e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.111,
    "s": 73.636,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63349,
    "c": 0.24889,
    "h": 321.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.21714
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA40E2

secondary

#A8E09E

accent

#F03853

background

#FEF8FE

surface

#FCF0FD

border

#D5CBD5

text

#160B16

muted

#847C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA40E2

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

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