#CA42C7#CA42C7

#CA42C7 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.206; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.225 H 328.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA42C7
RGB	rgb(202, 66, 199)
HSL	hsl(301, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(301, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.3%, 1.5%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.49, 68.61, -42.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.49, 80.56, 328.39°)
OKLab	oklab(61.98% 0.1926 -0.1166)
OKLCH	oklch(61.98% 0.225 328.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.6138, 20.5791, 56.0655)
Luminance	0.2058 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA42C7 #42CA45

analogous

#8942CA #CA42C7 #CA4283

triadic

#CA42C7 #C7CA42 #42C7CA

tetradic

#CA42C7 #CA8942 #42CA45 #4283CA

square

#CA42C7 #CA8942 #42CA45 #4283CA

split-complementary

#CA42C7 #83CA42 #42CA89

monochromatic

#722070 #A22D9F #CA42C7 #D772D5 #E5A2E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.11

#CA42C7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.12

#CA42C7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CA42C7

5.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA42C7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA42C7	1.00	4.11	5.12	5.12
#FFFFFF	4.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3172CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6684C3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1547F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca42c7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 66, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.225 328.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de81d8',
    500: '#ca42c7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca42c7;
$custom-light: #de81d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca42c7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 301.324,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61981,
    "c": 0.22512,
    "h": 328.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.20577
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA42C7

secondary

#96D198

accent

#DF4C48

background

#FEF8FD

surface

#FCF0FA

border

#D5CBD3

text

#160B14

muted

#847C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA42C7

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

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