#CA42E0#CA42E0

#CA42E0 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.245 H 321.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA42E0
RGB	rgb(202, 66, 224)
HSL	hsl(292, 72%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(292, 71%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.8%, 70.5%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.85, 72.85, -54.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.85, 90.86, 323.29°)
OKLab	oklab(63.4% 0.1924 -0.1518)
OKLCH	oklch(63.4% 0.245 321.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.7584, 21.8370, 72.6273)
Luminance	0.2183 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA42E0 #58E042

analogous

#7B42E0 #CA42E0 #E042A7

triadic

#CA42E0 #E0CA42 #42E0CA

tetradic

#CA42E0 #E07B42 #58E042 #42A7E0

square

#CA42E0 #E07B42 #58E042 #42A7E0

split-complementary

#CA42E0 #A7E042 #42E07B

monochromatic

#7F1890 #AE20C5 #CA42E0 #D977E9 #E7ABF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.91

#CA42E0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.37

#CA42E0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CA42E0

5.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA42E0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA42E0	1.00	3.91	5.37	5.37
#FFFFFF	3.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0077E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5686DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC5F8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca42e0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 66, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.245 321.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de82ea',
    500: '#ca42e0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca42e0;
$custom-light: #de82ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca42e0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.646,
    "s": 71.818,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63404,
    "c": 0.24508,
    "h": 321.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.21835
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA42E0

secondary

#A8DF9F

accent

#EF3952

background

#FEF8FE

surface

#FCF0FD

border

#D5CBD5

text

#160C16

muted

#847D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA42E0

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

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