#CA42C8#CA42C8

#CA42C8 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.206; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.226 H 328.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA42C8
RGB	rgb(202, 66, 200)
HSL	hsl(301, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(301, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.3%, 1%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.54, 68.77, -42.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.54, 80.96, 328.15°)
OKLab	oklab(62.04% 0.1926 -0.118)
OKLCH	oklch(62.04% 0.226 328.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.7303, 20.6257, 56.6790)
Luminance	0.2062 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA42C8 #42CA44

analogous

#8842CA #CA42C8 #CA4284

triadic

#CA42C8 #C8CA42 #42C8CA

tetradic

#CA42C8 #CA8842 #42CA44 #4284CA

square

#CA42C8 #CA8842 #42CA44 #4284CA

split-complementary

#CA42C8 #84CA42 #42CA88

monochromatic

#722071 #A22DA0 #CA42C8 #D772D6 #E5A2E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.10

#CA42C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.12

#CA42C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CA42C8

5.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA42C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA42C8	1.00	4.10	5.12	5.12
#FFFFFF	4.10	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)

#2F72CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6684C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D05480

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca42c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 66, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.226 328.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de82d9',
    500: '#ca42c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca42c8;
$custom-light: #de82d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca42c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300.882,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62035,
    "c": 0.2259,
    "h": 328.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.20623
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA42C8

secondary

#96D197

accent

#DF4B48

background

#FEF8FD

surface

#FCF0FA

border

#D5CBD3

text

#160B15

muted

#847C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA42C8

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

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