#CD38C8#CD38C8

#CD38C8 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.200; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.238 H 329.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD38C8
RGB	rgb(205, 56, 200)
HSL	hsl(302, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(302, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.7%, 2.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.81, 72.83, -43.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.81, 85.00, 328.96°)
OKLab	oklab(61.61% 0.2054 -0.1211)
OKLCH	oklch(61.61% 0.238 329.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.0161, 19.9804, 56.5394)
Luminance	0.1998 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD38C8 #38CD3D

analogous

#8738CD #CD38C8 #CD387D

triadic

#CD38C8 #C8CD38 #38C8CD

tetradic

#CD38C8 #CD8738 #38CD3D #387DCD

square

#CD38C8 #CD8738 #38CD3D #387DCD

split-complementary

#CD38C8 #7DCD38 #38CD87

monochromatic

#6F1C6C #A0289C #CD38C8 #D969D6 #E69AE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.20

#CD38C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.00

#CD38C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD38C8

5.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD38C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD38C8	1.00	4.20	5.00	5.00
#FFFFFF	4.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#226FCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6482C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D44D7D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd38c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 56, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.238 329.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e07dd9',
    500: '#cd38c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd38c8;
$custom-light: #e07dd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd38c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 302.013,
    "s": 59.839,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61608,
    "c": 0.23846,
    "h": 329.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.19978
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD38C8

secondary

#8FD192

accent

#E34A45

background

#FEF8FD

surface

#FCEFFA

border

#D5CAD3

text

#160B15

muted

#847C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD38C8

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

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