#CA42B1#CA42B1

#CA42B1 is a mid, highly saturated pink. Relative luminance 0.196; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.209 H 336.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA42B1
RGB	rgb(202, 66, 177)
HSL	hsl(311, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(311, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.3%, 12.4%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.42, 65.19, -31.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.42, 72.25, 334.46°)
OKLab	oklab(60.86% 0.1908 -0.0848)
OKLCH	oklch(60.86% 0.209 336)
XYZ	xyz(34.2416, 19.6303, 43.5721)
Luminance	0.1963 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA42B1 #42CA5B

analogous

#9F42CA #CA42B1 #CA426D

triadic

#CA42B1 #B1CA42 #42B1CA

tetradic

#CA42B1 #CA9F42 #42CA5B #426DCA

square

#CA42B1 #CA9F42 #42CA5B #426DCA

split-complementary

#CA42B1 #6DCA42 #42CA9F

monochromatic

#722063 #A22D8C #CA42B1 #D772C5 #E5A2D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.26

#CA42B1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.93

#CA42B1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CA42B1

4.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA42B1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA42B1	1.00	4.26	4.93	4.93
#FFFFFF	4.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#446DB4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7182AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D44A74

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca42b1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 66, 177);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.209 336.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de81c8',
    500: '#ca42b1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca42b1;
$custom-light: #de81c8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca42b1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 177
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 311.029,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6086,
    "c": 0.20875,
    "h": 336
  },
  "luminance": 0.19627
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA42B1

secondary

#96D1A1

accent

#DF6448

background

#FEF8FC

surface

#FCEFF8

border

#D5CAD1

text

#160B13

muted

#847C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA42B1

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

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