#CA42CC#CA42CC

#CA42CC is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.229 H 327.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA42CC
RGB	rgb(202, 66, 204)
HSL	hsl(299, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(299, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(1%, 67.6%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.75, 69.43, -44.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.75, 82.57, 327.24°)
OKLab	oklab(62.25% 0.1927 -0.1237)
OKLCH	oklch(62.25% 0.229 327.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.2038, 20.8152, 59.1732)
Luminance	0.2081 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA42CC #44CC42

analogous

#8542CC #CA42CC #CC4289

triadic

#CA42CC #CCCA42 #42CCCA

tetradic

#CA42CC #CC8542 #44CC42 #4289CC

square

#CA42CC #CC8542 #44CC42 #4289CC

split-complementary

#CA42CC #89CC42 #42CC85

monochromatic

#731F74 #A32CA4 #CA42CC #D872D9 #E5A2E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.07

#CA42CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.16

#CA42CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CA42CC

5.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA42CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA42CC	1.00	4.07	5.16	5.16
#FFFFFF	4.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2A73D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6484C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D05682

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca42cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 66, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.229 327.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de82dc',
    500: '#ca42cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca42cc;
$custom-light: #de82dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca42cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 299.13,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62254,
    "c": 0.22902,
    "h": 327.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.20813
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA42CC

secondary

#98D397

accent

#E14749

background

#FEF8FD

surface

#FCF0FB

border

#D5CBD4

text

#160B15

muted

#847C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA42CC

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

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