#CA42ED#CA42ED

#CA42ED is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.256 H 318.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA42ED
RGB	rgb(202, 66, 237)
HSL	hsl(288, 83%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(288, 72%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.8%, 72.2%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.63, 75.17, -60.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.63, 96.43, 321.22°)
OKLab	oklab(64.2% 0.1915 -0.1696)
OKLCH	oklch(64.2% 0.256 318.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.5893, 22.5693, 82.2700)
Luminance	0.2257 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA42ED #65ED42

analogous

#7442ED #CA42ED #ED42BB

triadic

#CA42ED #EDCA42 #42EDCA

tetradic

#CA42ED #ED7442 #65ED42 #42BBED

square

#CA42ED #ED7442 #65ED42 #42BBED

split-complementary

#CA42ED #BBED42 #42ED74

monochromatic

#8610A5 #B415DD #CA42ED #DA7AF2 #E9B2F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.81

#CA42ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.51

#CA42ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CA42ED

5.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA42ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA42ED	1.00	3.81	5.51	5.51
#FFFFFF	3.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007AF2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B87E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C96594

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca42ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 66, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.256 318.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de83f4',
    500: '#ca42ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca42ed;
$custom-light: #de83f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca42ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.719,
    "s": 82.609,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64201,
    "c": 0.25579,
    "h": 318.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22567
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA42ED

secondary

#B2E7A4

accent

#F92F58

background

#FEF8FF

surface

#FCF0FE

border

#D5CBD6

text

#160C17

muted

#847D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA42ED

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

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