#CD38C5#CD38C5

#CD38C5 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.198; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.236 H 330.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD38C5
RGB	rgb(205, 56, 197)
HSL	hsl(303, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(303, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.7%, 3.9%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.66, 72.36, -42.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.66, 83.84, 329.66°)
OKLab	oklab(61.45% 0.2053 -0.1168)
OKLCH	oklch(61.45% 0.236 330.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.6689, 19.8416, 54.7110)
Luminance	0.1984 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD38C5 #38CD40

analogous

#8A38CD #CD38C5 #CD387A

triadic

#CD38C5 #C5CD38 #38C5CD

tetradic

#CD38C5 #CD8A38 #38CD40 #387ACD

square

#CD38C5 #CD8A38 #38CD40 #387ACD

split-complementary

#CD38C5 #7ACD38 #38CD8A

monochromatic

#6F1C6A #A02899 #CD38C5 #D969D3 #E69AE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.23

#CD38C5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.97

#CD38C5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD38C5

4.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD38C5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD38C5	1.00	4.23	4.97	4.97
#FFFFFF	4.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#276EC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6582C1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D54C7C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd38c5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 56, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.236 330.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e07dd7',
    500: '#cd38c5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd38c5;
$custom-light: #e07dd7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd38c5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 303.221,
    "s": 59.839,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61445,
    "c": 0.23626,
    "h": 330.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.19839
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD38C5

secondary

#8FD193

accent

#E34D45

background

#FEF8FD

surface

#FCEFFA

border

#D5CAD3

text

#160B14

muted

#847C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD38C5

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

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