#CA42CE#CA42CE

#CA42CE is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.231 H 326.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA42CE
RGB	rgb(202, 66, 206)
HSL	hsl(298, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(298, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.9%, 68%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.85, 69.76, -45.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.85, 83.38, 326.79°)
OKLab	oklab(62.36% 0.1928 -0.1266)
OKLCH	oklch(62.36% 0.231 326.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.4453, 20.9117, 60.4447)
Luminance	0.2091 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA42CE #46CE42

analogous

#8442CE #CA42CE #CE428C

triadic

#CA42CE #CECA42 #42CECA

tetradic

#CA42CE #CE8442 #46CE42 #428CCE

square

#CA42CE #CE8442 #46CE42 #428CCE

split-complementary

#CA42CE #8CCE42 #42CE84

monochromatic

#741F77 #A42BA7 #CA42CE #D873DB #E5A3E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.05

#CA42CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.18

#CA42CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CA42CE

5.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA42CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA42CE	1.00	4.05	5.18	5.18
#FFFFFF	4.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2873D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6284CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF5783

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca42ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 66, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.231 326.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de82dd',
    500: '#ca42ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca42ce;
$custom-light: #de82dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca42ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 298.286,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62364,
    "c": 0.2306,
    "h": 326.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.20909
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA42CE

secondary

#9AD498

accent

#E2464A

background

#FEF8FD

surface

#FCF0FB

border

#D5CBD4

text

#160B15

muted

#847C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA42CE

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

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