#CA42C1#CA42C1

#CA42C1 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.221 H 330.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA42C1
RGB	rgb(202, 66, 193)
HSL	hsl(304, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(304, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.3%, 4.5%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.18, 67.65, -39.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.18, 78.21, 329.88°)
OKLab	oklab(61.66% 0.1923 -0.108)
OKLCH	oklch(61.66% 0.221 330.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.9308, 20.3060, 52.4687)
Luminance	0.2030 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA42C1 #42CA4B

analogous

#8F42CA #CA42C1 #CA427D

triadic

#CA42C1 #C1CA42 #42C1CA

tetradic

#CA42C1 #CA8F42 #42CA4B #427DCA

square

#CA42C1 #CA8F42 #42CA4B #427DCA

split-complementary

#CA42C1 #7DCA42 #42CA8F

monochromatic

#72206C #A22D9A #CA42C1 #D772D1 #E5A2E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.15

#CA42C1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.06

#CA42C1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CA42C1

5.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA42C1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA42C1	1.00	4.15	5.06	5.06
#FFFFFF	4.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3770C5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6983BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2517C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca42c1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 66, 193);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.221 330.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de81d4',
    500: '#ca42c1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca42c1;
$custom-light: #de81d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca42c1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 193
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 303.971,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61663,
    "c": 0.22052,
    "h": 330.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.20303
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA42C1

secondary

#96D19A

accent

#DF5248

background

#FEF8FD

surface

#FCEFFA

border

#D5CAD3

text

#160B14

muted

#847C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA42C1

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

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