#CD38C2#CD38C2

#CD38C2 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.197; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.234 H 331.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD38C2
RGB	rgb(205, 56, 194)
HSL	hsl(304, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(304, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.7%, 5.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.50, 71.90, -40.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.50, 82.70, 330.39°)
OKLab	oklab(61.28% 0.2053 -0.1125)
OKLCH	oklch(61.28% 0.234 331.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.3286, 19.7054, 52.9186)
Luminance	0.1970 (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

#CD38C2 #38CD43

analogous

#8E38CD #CD38C2 #CD3877

triadic

#CD38C2 #C2CD38 #38C2CD

tetradic

#CD38C2 #CD8E38 #38CD43 #3877CD

square

#CD38C2 #CD8E38 #38CD43 #3877CD

split-complementary

#CD38C2 #77CD38 #38CD8E

monochromatic

#6F1C69 #A02897 #CD38C2 #D969D1 #E69AE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.25

#CD38C2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.94

#CD38C2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD38C2

4.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD38C2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD38C2	1.00	4.25	4.94	4.94
#FFFFFF	4.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2B6EC6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6782BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D54A7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd38c2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 56, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.234 331.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e07dd5',
    500: '#cd38c2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd38c2;
$custom-light: #e07dd5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd38c2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 304.43,
    "s": 59.839,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61283,
    "c": 0.23409,
    "h": 331.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.19703
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD38C2

secondary

#8FD194

accent

#E35045

background

#FEF8FD

surface

#FCEFFA

border

#D5CAD3

text

#160B14

muted

#847C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD38C2

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

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