#CD37C8#CD37C8

#CD37C8 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.199; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.239 H 329.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD37C8
RGB	rgb(205, 55, 200)
HSL	hsl(302, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(302, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.2%, 2.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.71, 73.14, -44.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.71, 85.36, 328.97°)
OKLab	oklab(61.53% 0.2063 -0.1216)
OKLCH	oklch(61.53% 0.239 329.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.9681, 19.8845, 56.5234)
Luminance	0.1988 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD37C8 #37CD3C

analogous

#8737CD #CD37C8 #CD377D

triadic

#CD37C8 #C8CD37 #37C8CD

tetradic

#CD37C8 #CD8737 #37CD3C #377DCD

square

#CD37C8 #CD8737 #37CD3C #377DCD

split-complementary

#CD37C8 #7DCD37 #37CD87

monochromatic

#6E1C6B #9F289B #CD37C8 #D968D5 #E599E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.22

#CD37C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.98

#CD37C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD37C8

4.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD37C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD37C8	1.00	4.22	4.98	4.98
#FFFFFF	4.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#216ECC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6382C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D44C7D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd37c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 55, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.239 329.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e07dd9',
    500: '#cd37c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd37c8;
$custom-light: #e07dd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd37c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 302,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61531,
    "c": 0.23948,
    "h": 329.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.19882
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD37C8

secondary

#8FD191

accent

#E34A45

background

#FEF8FD

surface

#FCEFFA

border

#D5CAD3

text

#160B15

muted

#847C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD37C8

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

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