#CA42E5#CA42E5

#CA42E5 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.221; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.249 H 320.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA42E5
RGB	rgb(202, 66, 229)
HSL	hsl(290, 76%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(290, 71%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.8%, 71.2%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.15, 73.73, -56.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.15, 92.99, 322.46°)
OKLab	oklab(63.71% 0.1921 -0.1587)
OKLCH	oklch(63.71% 0.249 320.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.4465, 22.1122, 76.2512)
Luminance	0.2211 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA42E5 #5DE542

analogous

#7842E5 #CA42E5 #E542AF

triadic

#CA42E5 #E5CA42 #42E5CA

tetradic

#CA42E5 #E57842 #5DE542 #42AFE5

square

#CA42E5 #E57842 #5DE542 #42AFE5

split-complementary

#CA42E5 #AFE542 #42E578

monochromatic

#821598 #B01CCE #CA42E5 #D978EC #E8AEF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.87

#CA42E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.42

#CA42E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CA42E5

5.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA42E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA42E5	1.00	3.87	5.42	5.42
#FFFFFF	3.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0078EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5286E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB6190

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca42e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 66, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.249 320.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de83ee',
    500: '#ca42e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca42e5;
$custom-light: #de83ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca42e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.061,
    "s": 75.814,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63706,
    "c": 0.24918,
    "h": 320.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.2211
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA42E5

secondary

#ACE2A1

accent

#F23555

background

#FEF8FE

surface

#FCF0FD

border

#D5CBD5

text

#160C16

muted

#847D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA42E5

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

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