#CA42BE#CA42BE

#CA42BE is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.202; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.218 H 331.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA42BE
RGB	rgb(202, 66, 190)
HSL	hsl(305, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(305, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.3%, 5.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.03, 67.17, -37.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.03, 77.05, 330.67°)
OKLab	oklab(61.51% 0.1921 -0.1037)
OKLCH	oklch(61.51% 0.218 331.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.5996, 20.1734, 50.7241)
Luminance	0.2017 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA42BE #42CA4E

analogous

#9242CA #CA42BE #CA427A

triadic

#CA42BE #BECA42 #42BECA

tetradic

#CA42BE #CA9242 #42CA4E #427ACA

square

#CA42BE #CA9242 #42CA4E #427ACA

split-complementary

#CA42BE #7ACA42 #42CA92

monochromatic

#72206A #A22D97 #CA42BE #D772CE #E5A2DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.17

#CA42BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.03

#CA42BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CA42BE

5.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA42BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA42BE	1.00	4.17	5.03	5.03
#FFFFFF	4.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3A70C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B83BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2507B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca42be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 66, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.218 331.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de81d2',
    500: '#ca42be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca42be;
$custom-light: #de81d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca42be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 305.294,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61508,
    "c": 0.21826,
    "h": 331.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.20171
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA42BE

secondary

#96D19C

accent

#DF5648

background

#FEF8FC

surface

#FCEFF9

border

#D5CAD2

text

#160B14

muted

#847C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA42BE

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

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