#CA42D3#CA42D3

#CA42D3 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.235 H 325.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA42D3
RGB	rgb(202, 66, 211)
HSL	hsl(296, 62%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(296, 69%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.3%, 68.7%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.12, 70.60, -48.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.12, 85.42, 325.74°)
OKLab	oklab(62.65% 0.1928 -0.1336)
OKLCH	oklch(62.65% 0.235 325.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.0623, 21.1586, 63.6946)
Luminance	0.2116 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA42D3 #4BD342

analogous

#8242D3 #CA42D3 #D34294

triadic

#CA42D3 #D3CA42 #42D3CA

tetradic

#CA42D3 #D38242 #4BD342 #4294D3

square

#CA42D3 #D38242 #4BD342 #4294D3

split-complementary

#CA42D3 #94D342 #42D382

monochromatic

#771D7D #A729AF #CA42D3 #D874DF #E6A5EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.01

#CA42D3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.23

#CA42D3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CA42D3

5.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA42D3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA42D3	1.00	4.01	5.23	5.23
#FFFFFF	4.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1F74D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F85CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF5986

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca42d3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 66, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.235 325.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de82e1',
    500: '#ca42d3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca42d3;
$custom-light: #de82e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca42d3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 296.276,
    "s": 62.232,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62645,
    "c": 0.23457,
    "h": 325.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.21156
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA42D3

secondary

#9DD79A

accent

#E5424D

background

#FEF8FD

surface

#FCF0FB

border

#D5CBD4

text

#160B15

muted

#847C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA42D3

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

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