#CA42D4#CA42D4

#CA42D4 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.235 H 325.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA42D4
RGB	rgb(202, 66, 212)
HSL	hsl(296, 63%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(296, 69%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.7%, 68.9%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.18, 70.77, -48.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.18, 85.84, 325.54°)
OKLab	oklab(62.7% 0.1928 -0.1351)
OKLCH	oklch(62.7% 0.235 325)
XYZ	xyz(38.1881, 21.2089, 64.3569)
Luminance	0.2121 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA42D4 #4CD442

analogous

#8142D4 #CA42D4 #D44295

triadic

#CA42D4 #D4CA42 #42D4CA

tetradic

#CA42D4 #D48142 #4CD442 #4295D4

square

#CA42D4 #D48142 #4CD442 #4295D4

split-complementary

#CA42D4 #95D442 #42D481

monochromatic

#781D7F #A728B1 #CA42D4 #D874DF #E6A6EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.01

#CA42D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.24

#CA42D4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CA42D4

5.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA42D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA42D4	1.00	4.01	5.24	5.24
#FFFFFF	4.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1D74D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F85D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE5A87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca42d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 66, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.235 325.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de82e2',
    500: '#ca42d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca42d4;
$custom-light: #de82e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca42d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 295.89,
    "s": 62.931,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62702,
    "c": 0.23537,
    "h": 325
  },
  "luminance": 0.21206
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA42D4

secondary

#9ED89A

accent

#E6424D

background

#FEF8FD

surface

#FCF0FB

border

#D5CBD4

text

#160B15

muted

#847C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA42D4

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

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