#CA42E1#CA42E1

#CA42E1 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.246 H 321.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA42E1
RGB	rgb(202, 66, 225)
HSL	hsl(291, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(291, 71%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.2%, 70.7%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.91, 73.02, -54.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.91, 91.29, 323.12°)
OKLab	oklab(63.46% 0.1924 -0.1532)
OKLCH	oklch(63.46% 0.246 321.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.8944, 21.8914, 73.3437)
Luminance	0.2189 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA42E1 #59E142

analogous

#7B42E1 #CA42E1 #E142A8

triadic

#CA42E1 #E1CA42 #42E1CA

tetradic

#CA42E1 #E17B42 #59E142 #42A8E1

square

#CA42E1 #E17B42 #59E142 #42A8E1

split-complementary

#CA42E1 #A8E142 #42E17B

monochromatic

#801792 #AE1FC6 #CA42E1 #D977E9 #E8ACF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.90

#CA42E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.38

#CA42E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CA42E1

5.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA42E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA42E1	1.00	3.90	5.38	5.38
#FFFFFF	3.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0077E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5686DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC5F8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca42e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 66, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.246 321.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de82eb',
    500: '#ca42e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca42e1;
$custom-light: #de82eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca42e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.321,
    "s": 72.603,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63464,
    "c": 0.2459,
    "h": 321.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.21889
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA42E1

secondary

#A8E09F

accent

#EF3853

background

#FEF8FE

surface

#FCF0FD

border

#D5CBD5

text

#160C16

muted

#847D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA42E1

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

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