#CD36CC#CD36CC

#CD36CC is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.200; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.243 H 328.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD36CC
RGB	rgb(205, 54, 204)
HSL	hsl(300, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(300, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.7%, 0.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.81, 74.07, -46.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.81, 87.26, 328.09°)
OKLab	oklab(61.68% 0.2072 -0.1278)
OKLCH	oklch(61.68% 0.243 328.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.3947, 19.9799, 59.0020)
Luminance	0.1998 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD36CC #36CD37

analogous

#8236CD #CD36CC #CD3681

triadic

#CD36CC #CCCD36 #36CCCD

tetradic

#CD36CC #CD8236 #36CD37 #3681CD

square

#CD36CC #CD8236 #36CD37 #3681CD

split-complementary

#CD36CC #81CD36 #36CD82

monochromatic

#6D1B6D #9E279E #CD36CC #D967D8 #E598E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.20

#CD36CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.00

#CD36CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD36CC

5.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD36CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD36CC	1.00	4.20	5.00	5.00
#FFFFFF	4.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#166FD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6182C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D44E7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd36cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 54, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.243 328.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e07ddc',
    500: '#cd36cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd36cc;
$custom-light: #e07ddc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd36cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300.397,
    "s": 60.159,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61677,
    "c": 0.2434,
    "h": 328.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.19977
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD36CC

secondary

#8ED18E

accent

#E34644

background

#FEF8FD

surface

#FCEFFB

border

#D5CAD4

text

#160B15

muted

#847C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD36CC

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

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