#CD37C9#CD37C9

#CD37C9 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.199; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.240 H 329.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD37C9
RGB	rgb(205, 55, 201)
HSL	hsl(302, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(302, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.2%, 2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.76, 73.30, -44.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.76, 85.74, 328.74°)
OKLab	oklab(61.59% 0.2063 -0.123)
OKLCH	oklch(61.59% 0.24 329.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.0853, 19.9314, 57.1409)
Luminance	0.1993 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD37C9 #37CD3B

analogous

#8637CD #CD37C9 #CD377E

triadic

#CD37C9 #C9CD37 #37C9CD

tetradic

#CD37C9 #CD8637 #37CD3B #377ECD

square

#CD37C9 #CD8637 #37CD3B #377ECD

split-complementary

#CD37C9 #7ECD37 #37CD86

monochromatic

#6E1C6C #9F289C #CD37C9 #D968D6 #E599E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.21

#CD37C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.99

#CD37C9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD37C9

4.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD37C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD37C9	1.00	4.21	4.99	4.99
#FFFFFF	4.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1F6FCD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6382C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D44D7D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd37c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 55, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.240 329.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e07dda',
    500: '#cd37c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd37c9;
$custom-light: #e07dda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd37c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 301.6,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61586,
    "c": 0.2402,
    "h": 329.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.19929
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD37C9

secondary

#8FD190

accent

#E34945

background

#FEF8FD

surface

#FCEFFB

border

#D5CAD4

text

#160B15

muted

#847C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD37C9

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

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