#CD38CA#CD38CA

#CD38CA is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.201; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.240 H 328.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD38CA
RGB	rgb(205, 56, 202)
HSL	hsl(301, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(301, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.7%, 1.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.92, 73.14, -44.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.92, 85.78, 328.50°)
OKLab	oklab(61.72% 0.2054 -0.124)
OKLCH	oklch(61.72% 0.24 328.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.2513, 20.0745, 57.7784)
Luminance	0.2007 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD38CA #38CD3B

analogous

#8538CD #CD38CA #CD387F

triadic

#CD38CA #CACD38 #38CACD

tetradic

#CD38CA #CD8538 #38CD3B #387FCD

square

#CD38CA #CD8538 #38CD3B #387FCD

split-complementary

#CD38CA #7FCD38 #38CD85

monochromatic

#6F1C6D #A0289D #CD38CA #D969D7 #E69AE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.19

#CD38CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.01

#CD38CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD38CA

5.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD38CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD38CA	1.00	4.19	5.01	5.01
#FFFFFF	4.19	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)

#1F6FCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6383C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D44E7E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd38ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 56, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.240 328.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e07ddb',
    500: '#cd38ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd38ca;
$custom-light: #e07ddb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd38ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 301.208,
    "s": 59.839,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61719,
    "c": 0.23993,
    "h": 328.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.20072
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD38CA

secondary

#8FD191

accent

#E34845

background

#FEF8FD

surface

#FCEFFB

border

#D5CAD4

text

#160B15

muted

#847C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD38CA

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

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