#CC40C9#CC40C9

#CC40C9 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.207; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.230 H 328.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC40C9
RGB	rgb(204, 64, 201)
HSL	hsl(301, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(301, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.6%, 1.5%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.65, 70.11, -43.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.65, 82.29, 328.42°)
OKLab	oklab(62.19% 0.1968 -0.1191)
OKLCH	oklch(62.19% 0.23 328.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.2775, 20.7239, 57.2837)
Luminance	0.2072 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC40C9 #40CC43

analogous

#8940CC #CC40C9 #CC4083

triadic

#CC40C9 #C9CC40 #40C9CC

tetradic

#CC40C9 #CC8940 #40CC43 #4083CC

square

#CC40C9 #CC8940 #40CC43 #4083CC

split-complementary

#CC40C9 #83CC40 #40CC89

monochromatic

#731F71 #A32CA1 #CC40C9 #D970D7 #E6A1E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.08

#CC40C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.14

#CC40C9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CC40C9

5.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC40C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC40C9	1.00	4.08	5.14	5.14
#FFFFFF	4.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2D72CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6684C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D35380

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc40c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 64, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.230 328.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df81da',
    500: '#cc40c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc40c9;
$custom-light: #df81da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc40c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 301.286,
    "s": 57.851,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62191,
    "c": 0.23002,
    "h": 328.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.20721
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC40C9

secondary

#95D297

accent

#E14A47

background

#FEF8FD

surface

#FCEFFB

border

#D5CAD4

text

#160B15

muted

#847C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC40C9

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

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