#CC40C8#CC40C8

#CC40C8 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.207; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.229 H 329.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC40C8
RGB	rgb(204, 64, 200)
HSL	hsl(302, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(302, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.6%, 2%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.59, 69.94, -42.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.59, 81.90, 328.65°)
OKLab	oklab(62.14% 0.1968 -0.1177)
OKLCH	oklch(62.14% 0.229 329.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.1602, 20.6770, 56.6662)
Luminance	0.2067 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC40C8 #40CC44

analogous

#8A40CC #CC40C8 #CC4082

triadic

#CC40C8 #C8CC40 #40C8CC

tetradic

#CC40C8 #CC8A40 #40CC44 #4082CC

square

#CC40C8 #CC8A40 #40CC44 #4082CC

split-complementary

#CC40C8 #82CC40 #40CC8A

monochromatic

#731F71 #A32CA0 #CC40C8 #D970D6 #E6A1E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.09

#CC40C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.13

#CC40C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CC40C8

5.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC40C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC40C8	1.00	4.09	5.13	5.13
#FFFFFF	4.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2E72CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6784C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3537F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc40c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 64, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.229 329.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df81d9',
    500: '#cc40c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc40c8;
$custom-light: #df81d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc40c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 301.714,
    "s": 57.851,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62137,
    "c": 0.22925,
    "h": 329.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.20674
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC40C8

secondary

#95D297

accent

#E14B47

background

#FEF8FD

surface

#FCEFFA

border

#D5CAD3

text

#160B15

muted

#847C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC40C8

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

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