#CD38C3#CD38C3

#CD38C3 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.197; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.235 H 331.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD38C3
RGB	rgb(205, 56, 195)
HSL	hsl(304, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(304, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.7%, 4.9%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.55, 72.05, -41.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.55, 83.08, 330.14°)
OKLab	oklab(61.34% 0.2053 -0.114)
OKLCH	oklch(61.34% 0.235 331)
XYZ	xyz(36.4413, 19.7505, 53.5121)
Luminance	0.1975 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD38C3 #38CD42

analogous

#8C38CD #CD38C3 #CD3878

triadic

#CD38C3 #C3CD38 #38C3CD

tetradic

#CD38C3 #CD8C38 #38CD42 #3878CD

square

#CD38C3 #CD8C38 #38CD42 #3878CD

split-complementary

#CD38C3 #78CD38 #38CD8C

monochromatic

#6F1C69 #A02898 #CD38C3 #D969D2 #E69AE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.24

#CD38C3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.95

#CD38C3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD38C3

4.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD38C3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD38C3	1.00	4.24	4.95	4.95
#FFFFFF	4.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2A6EC7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6682BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D54B7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd38c3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 56, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.235 331.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e07dd5',
    500: '#cd38c3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd38c3;
$custom-light: #e07dd5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd38c3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 304.027,
    "s": 59.839,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61337,
    "c": 0.23481,
    "h": 331
  },
  "luminance": 0.19748
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD38C3

secondary

#8FD194

accent

#E34F45

background

#FEF8FD

surface

#FCEFFA

border

#D5CAD3

text

#160B14

muted

#847C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD38C3

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

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