#CA42C0#CA42C0

#CA42C0 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.220 H 331.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA42C0
RGB	rgb(202, 66, 192)
HSL	hsl(304, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(304, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.3%, 5%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.13, 67.49, -38.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.13, 77.82, 330.14°)
OKLab	oklab(61.61% 0.1922 -0.1066)
OKLCH	oklch(61.61% 0.22 331)
XYZ	xyz(35.8197, 20.2615, 51.8832)
Luminance	0.2026 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA42C0 #42CA4C

analogous

#9042CA #CA42C0 #CA427C

triadic

#CA42C0 #C0CA42 #42C0CA

tetradic

#CA42C0 #CA9042 #42CA4C #427CCA

square

#CA42C0 #CA9042 #42CA4C #427CCA

split-complementary

#CA42C0 #7CCA42 #42CA90

monochromatic

#72206C #A22D99 #CA42C0 #D772D0 #E5A2E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.16

#CA42C0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.05

#CA42C0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CA42C0

5.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA42C0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA42C0	1.00	4.16	5.05	5.05
#FFFFFF	4.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3870C4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A83BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2517C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca42c0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 66, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.220 331.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de81d3',
    500: '#ca42c0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca42c0;
$custom-light: #de81d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca42c0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 304.412,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61611,
    "c": 0.21976,
    "h": 331
  },
  "luminance": 0.20259
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA42C0

secondary

#96D19B

accent

#DF5348

background

#FEF8FD

surface

#FCEFFA

border

#D5CAD3

text

#160B14

muted

#847C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA42C0

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

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