#CD38C9#CD38C9

#CD38C9 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.200; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.239 H 329.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD38C9
RGB	rgb(205, 56, 201)
HSL	hsl(302, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(302, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.7%, 2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.87, 72.99, -44.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.87, 85.39, 328.73°)
OKLab	oklab(61.66% 0.2054 -0.1226)
OKLCH	oklch(61.66% 0.239 329.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.1333, 20.0273, 57.1569)
Luminance	0.2003 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD38C9 #38CD3C

analogous

#8638CD #CD38C9 #CD387E

triadic

#CD38C9 #C9CD38 #38C9CD

tetradic

#CD38C9 #CD8638 #38CD3C #387ECD

square

#CD38C9 #CD8638 #38CD3C #387ECD

split-complementary

#CD38C9 #7ECD38 #38CD86

monochromatic

#6F1C6D #A0289C #CD38C9 #D969D6 #E69AE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.20

#CD38C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.01

#CD38C9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD38C9

5.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD38C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD38C9	1.00	4.20	5.01	5.01
#FFFFFF	4.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#216FCD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6383C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D44D7E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd38c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 56, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.239 329.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e07dda',
    500: '#cd38c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd38c9;
$custom-light: #e07dda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd38c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 301.611,
    "s": 59.839,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61663,
    "c": 0.23919,
    "h": 329.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.20025
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD38C9

secondary

#8FD191

accent

#E34945

background

#FEF8FD

surface

#FCEFFB

border

#D5CAD4

text

#160B15

muted

#847C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD38C9

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

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