#CA42D6#CA42D6

#CA42D6 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.213; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.237 H 324.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA42D6
RGB	rgb(202, 66, 214)
HSL	hsl(295, 64%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(295, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.6%, 69.2%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.29, 71.11, -49.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.29, 86.67, 325.14°)
OKLab	oklab(62.82% 0.1927 -0.1379)
OKLCH	oklch(62.82% 0.237 324.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.4419, 21.3104, 65.6938)
Luminance	0.2131 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA42D6 #4ED642

analogous

#8042D6 #CA42D6 #D64298

triadic

#CA42D6 #D6CA42 #42D6CA

tetradic

#CA42D6 #D68042 #4ED642 #4298D6

square

#CA42D6 #D68042 #4ED642 #4298D6

split-complementary

#CA42D6 #98D642 #42D680

monochromatic

#791C82 #A827B4 #CA42D6 #D874E1 #E6A7EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.99

#CA42D6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.26

#CA42D6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CA42D6

5.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA42D6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA42D6	1.00	3.99	5.26	5.26
#FFFFFF	3.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1975DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D85D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE5B88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca42d6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 66, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.237 324.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de82e3',
    500: '#ca42d6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca42d6;
$custom-light: #de82e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca42d6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 295.135,
    "s": 64.348,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62817,
    "c": 0.23697,
    "h": 324.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.21308
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA42D6

secondary

#A0D99B

accent

#E7404E

background

#FEF8FE

surface

#FCF0FC

border

#D5CBD5

text

#160B15

muted

#847C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA42D6

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

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