#CD38C4#CD38C4

#CD38C4 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.198; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.236 H 330.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD38C4
RGB	rgb(205, 56, 196)
HSL	hsl(304, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(304, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.7%, 4.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.61, 72.21, -41.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.61, 83.46, 329.90°)
OKLab	oklab(61.39% 0.2053 -0.1154)
OKLCH	oklch(61.39% 0.236 330.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.5547, 19.7959, 54.1096)
Luminance	0.1979 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD38C4 #38CD41

analogous

#8B38CD #CD38C4 #CD3879

triadic

#CD38C4 #C4CD38 #38C4CD

tetradic

#CD38C4 #CD8B38 #38CD41 #3879CD

square

#CD38C4 #CD8B38 #38CD41 #3879CD

split-complementary

#CD38C4 #79CD38 #38CD8B

monochromatic

#6F1C6A #A02898 #CD38C4 #D969D3 #E69AE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.24

#CD38C4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.96

#CD38C4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD38C4

4.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD38C4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD38C4	1.00	4.24	4.96	4.96
#FFFFFF	4.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#286EC8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6682C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D54B7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd38c4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 56, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.236 330.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e07dd6',
    500: '#cd38c4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd38c4;
$custom-light: #e07dd6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd38c4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 303.624,
    "s": 59.839,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61391,
    "c": 0.23553,
    "h": 330.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.19793
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD38C4

secondary

#8FD193

accent

#E34E45

background

#FEF8FD

surface

#FCEFFA

border

#D5CAD3

text

#160B14

muted

#847C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD38C4

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

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