#CA42D8#CA42D8

#CA42D8 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.239 H 323.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA42D8
RGB	rgb(202, 66, 216)
HSL	hsl(294, 66%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(294, 69%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.5%, 69.4%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.40, 71.45, -50.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.40, 87.50, 324.75°)
OKLab	oklab(62.93% 0.1927 -0.1407)
OKLCH	oklch(62.93% 0.239 323.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.6989, 21.4132, 67.0472)
Luminance	0.2141 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA42D8 #50D842

analogous

#7F42D8 #CA42D8 #D8429B

triadic

#CA42D8 #D8CA42 #42D8CA

tetradic

#CA42D8 #D87F42 #50D842 #429BD8

square

#CA42D8 #D87F42 #50D842 #429BD8

split-complementary

#CA42D8 #9BD842 #42D87F

monochromatic

#7A1B84 #A926B7 #CA42D8 #D875E2 #E6A7ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.98

#CA42D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.28

#CA42D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CA42D8

5.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA42D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA42D8	1.00	3.98	5.28	5.28
#FFFFFF	3.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1375DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C85D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE5B89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca42d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 66, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.239 323.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de82e5',
    500: '#ca42d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca42d8;
$custom-light: #de82e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca42d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 294.4,
    "s": 65.789,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62932,
    "c": 0.23858,
    "h": 323.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21411
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA42D8

secondary

#A1DA9C

accent

#E93F4F

background

#FEF8FE

surface

#FCF0FC

border

#D5CBD5

text

#160B16

muted

#847C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA42D8

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

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