#CA42D5#CA42D5

#CA42D5 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.213; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.236 H 324.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA42D5
RGB	rgb(202, 66, 213)
HSL	hsl(296, 64%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(296, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.2%, 69%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.23, 70.94, -49.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.23, 86.25, 325.34°)
OKLab	oklab(62.76% 0.1928 -0.1365)
OKLCH	oklch(62.76% 0.236 324.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.3146, 21.2595, 65.0233)
Luminance	0.2126 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA42D5 #4DD542

analogous

#8042D5 #CA42D5 #D54297

triadic

#CA42D5 #D5CA42 #42D5CA

tetradic

#CA42D5 #D58042 #4DD542 #4297D5

square

#CA42D5 #D58042 #4DD542 #4297D5

split-complementary

#CA42D5 #97D542 #42D580

monochromatic

#791C80 #A828B2 #CA42D5 #D874E0 #E6A6EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.00

#CA42D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.25

#CA42D5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CA42D5

5.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA42D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA42D5	1.00	4.00	5.25	5.25
#FFFFFF	4.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1B75D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E85D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE5A87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca42d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 66, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.236 324.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de82e2',
    500: '#ca42d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca42d5;
$custom-light: #de82e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca42d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 295.51,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62759,
    "c": 0.23617,
    "h": 324.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.21257
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA42D5

secondary

#9FD89A

accent

#E7414E

background

#FEF8FD

surface

#FCF0FB

border

#D5CBD4

text

#160B15

muted

#847C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA42D5

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

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