#CD37E2#CD37E2

#CD37E2 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.259 H 322.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD37E2
RGB	rgb(205, 55, 226)
HSL	hsl(293, 75%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(293, 76%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.3%, 75.7%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.17, 77.37, -56.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.17, 95.81, 323.86°)
OKLab	oklab(63.05% 0.2053 -0.1581)
OKLCH	oklch(63.05% 0.259 322.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.2691, 21.2049, 73.9086)
Luminance	0.2120 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD37E2 #4CE237

analogous

#7837E2 #CD37E2 #E237A1

triadic

#CD37E2 #E2CD37 #37E2CD

tetradic

#CD37E2 #E27837 #4CE237 #37A1E2

square

#CD37E2 #E27837 #4CE237 #37A1E2

split-complementary

#CD37E2 #A1E237 #37E278

monochromatic

#7C148B #AC1CC0 #CD37E2 #DA6CEA #E8A2F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.01

#CD37E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.24

#CD37E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD37E2

5.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD37E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD37E2	1.00	4.01	5.24	5.24
#FFFFFF	4.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0074E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5285DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0598C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd37e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 55, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.259 322.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e17eec',
    500: '#cd37e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd37e2;
$custom-light: #e17eec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd37e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 292.632,
    "s": 74.672,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63047,
    "c": 0.25908,
    "h": 322.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.21202
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD37E2

secondary

#9FDE97

accent

#F1374D

background

#FEF8FE

surface

#FDEFFD

border

#D5CAD5

text

#160B16

muted

#847C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD37E2

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

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