#CD38B5#CD38B5

#CD38B5 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.191; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.225 H 335.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD38B5
RGB	rgb(205, 56, 181)
HSL	hsl(310, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(310, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.7%, 11.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.86, 69.97, -34.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.86, 77.93, 333.87°)
OKLab	oklab(60.61% 0.2045 -0.0937)
OKLCH	oklch(60.61% 0.225 335.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.9320, 19.1468, 45.5631)
Luminance	0.1914 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD38B5 #38CD50

analogous

#9A38CD #CD38B5 #CD386A

triadic

#CD38B5 #B5CD38 #38B5CD

tetradic

#CD38B5 #CD9A38 #38CD50 #386ACD

square

#CD38B5 #CD9A38 #38CD50 #386ACD

split-complementary

#CD38B5 #6ACD38 #38CD9A

monochromatic

#6F1C61 #A0288C #CD38B5 #D969C7 #E69AD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.35

#CD38B5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.83

#CD38B5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD38B5

4.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD38B5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD38B5	1.00	4.35	4.83	4.83
#FFFFFF	4.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#386BB8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D81B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D74473

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd38b5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 56, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.225 335.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e07dcb',
    500: '#cd38b5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd38b5;
$custom-light: #e07dcb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd38b5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 309.664,
    "s": 59.839,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60611,
    "c": 0.22492,
    "h": 335.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.19144
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD38B5

secondary

#8FD19A

accent

#E35E45

background

#FEF8FC

surface

#FCEFF8

border

#D5CAD1

text

#160B13

muted

#847C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD38B5

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

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