#CD38CC#CD38CC

#CD38CC is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.202; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.241 H 328.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD38CC
RGB	rgb(205, 56, 204)
HSL	hsl(300, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(300, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.7%, 0.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.03, 73.46, -45.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.03, 86.56, 328.06°)
OKLab	oklab(61.83% 0.2054 -0.1268)
OKLCH	oklch(61.83% 0.241 328.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.4897, 20.1699, 59.0336)
Luminance	0.2017 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD38CC #38CD39

analogous

#8338CD #CD38CC #CD3881

triadic

#CD38CC #CCCD38 #38CCCD

tetradic

#CD38CC #CD8338 #38CD39 #3881CD

square

#CD38CC #CD8338 #38CD39 #3881CD

split-complementary

#CD38CC #81CD38 #38CD83

monochromatic

#6F1C6E #A0289F #CD38CC #D969D9 #E69AE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.17

#CD38CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.03

#CD38CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD38CC

5.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD38CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD38CC	1.00	4.17	5.03	5.03
#FFFFFF	4.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1B70D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6183C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D44F7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd38cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 56, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.241 328.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e07edc',
    500: '#cd38cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd38cc;
$custom-light: #e07edc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd38cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300.403,
    "s": 59.839,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6183,
    "c": 0.24141,
    "h": 328.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.20167
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD38CC

secondary

#8FD190

accent

#E34645

background

#FEF8FD

surface

#FCEFFB

border

#D5CAD4

text

#160B15

muted

#847C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD38CC

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

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