#CD38B8#CD38B8

#CD38B8 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.193; OKLCH L 60.8% C 0.227 H 334.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD38B8
RGB	rgb(205, 56, 184)
HSL	hsl(308, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(308, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.7%, 10.2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.00, 70.40, -35.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.00, 79.00, 333.02°)
OKLab	oklab(60.76% 0.2047 -0.0981)
OKLCH	oklch(60.76% 0.227 334.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.2431, 19.2712, 47.2017)
Luminance	0.1927 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD38B8 #38CD4D

analogous

#9738CD #CD38B8 #CD386D

triadic

#CD38B8 #B8CD38 #38B8CD

tetradic

#CD38B8 #CD9738 #38CD4D #386DCD

square

#CD38B8 #CD9738 #38CD4D #386DCD

split-complementary

#CD38B8 #6DCD38 #38CD97

monochromatic

#6F1C63 #A0288F #CD38B8 #D969C9 #E69ADB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.33

#CD38B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.85

#CD38B8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD38B8

4.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD38B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD38B8	1.00	4.33	4.85	4.85
#FFFFFF	4.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#366CBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C81B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D74574

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd38b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 56, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.8% 0.227 334.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e07dcd',
    500: '#cd38b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd38b8;
$custom-light: #e07dcd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd38b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 308.456,
    "s": 59.839,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60762,
    "c": 0.22699,
    "h": 334.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.19268
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD38B8

secondary

#8FD199

accent

#E35B45

background

#FEF8FC

surface

#FCEFF9

border

#D5CAD2

text

#160B13

muted

#847C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD38B8

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

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