#CA42B9#CA42B9

#CA42B9 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.200; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.215 H 333.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA42B9
RGB	rgb(202, 66, 185)
HSL	hsl(308, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(308, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.3%, 8.4%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.79, 66.40, -35.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.79, 75.16, 332.05°)
OKLab	oklab(61.25% 0.1916 -0.0964)
OKLCH	oklch(61.25% 0.215 333.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.0625, 19.9586, 47.8953)
Luminance	0.1996 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA42B9 #42CA53

analogous

#9742CA #CA42B9 #CA4275

triadic

#CA42B9 #B9CA42 #42B9CA

tetradic

#CA42B9 #CA9742 #42CA53 #4275CA

square

#CA42B9 #CA9742 #42CA53 #4275CA

split-complementary

#CA42B9 #75CA42 #42CA97

monochromatic

#722067 #A22D93 #CA42B9 #D772CB #E5A2DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.21

#CA42B9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.99

#CA42B9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CA42B9

4.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA42B9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA42B9	1.00	4.21	4.99	4.99
#FFFFFF	4.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3E6FBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D82B6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D34E78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca42b9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 66, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.215 333.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de81ce',
    500: '#ca42b9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca42b9;
$custom-light: #de81ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca42b9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 307.5,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61253,
    "c": 0.21453,
    "h": 333.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.19956
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA42B9

secondary

#96D19E

accent

#DF5B48

background

#FEF8FC

surface

#FCEFF9

border

#D5CAD2

text

#160B13

muted

#847C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA42B9

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

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