#CA42C3#CA42C3

#CA42C3 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.204; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.222 H 330.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA42C3
RGB	rgb(202, 66, 195)
HSL	hsl(303, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(303, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.3%, 3.5%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.28, 67.97, -40.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.28, 78.99, 329.37°)
OKLab	oklab(61.77% 0.1924 -0.1109)
OKLCH	oklch(61.77% 0.222 330)
XYZ	xyz(36.1555, 20.3958, 53.6517)
Luminance	0.2039 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA42C3 #42CA49

analogous

#8D42CA #CA42C3 #CA427F

triadic

#CA42C3 #C3CA42 #42C3CA

tetradic

#CA42C3 #CA8D42 #42CA49 #427FCA

square

#CA42C3 #CA8D42 #42CA49 #427FCA

split-complementary

#CA42C3 #7FCA42 #42CA8D

monochromatic

#72206E #A22D9C #CA42C3 #D772D2 #E5A2E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.13

#CA42C3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.08

#CA42C3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CA42C3

5.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA42C3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA42C3	1.00	4.13	5.08	5.08
#FFFFFF	4.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3571C7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6883C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1527D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca42c3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 66, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.222 330.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de81d5',
    500: '#ca42c3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca42c3;
$custom-light: #de81d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca42c3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 303.088,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61768,
    "c": 0.22205,
    "h": 330
  },
  "luminance": 0.20393
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA42C3

secondary

#96D199

accent

#DF5048

background

#FEF8FD

surface

#FCEFFA

border

#D5CAD3

text

#160B14

muted

#847C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA42C3

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

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