#CD40A5#CD40A5

#CD40A5 is a mid, highly saturated pink. Relative luminance 0.194; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.205 H 341.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD40A5
RGB	rgb(205, 64, 165)
HSL	hsl(317, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(317, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.8%, 19.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.11, 64.97, -24.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.11, 69.45, 339.31°)
OKLab	oklab(60.56% 0.1942 -0.066)
OKLCH	oklch(60.56% 0.205 341.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.8027, 19.3658, 37.5478)
Luminance	0.1936 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD40A5 #40CD68

analogous

#AE40CD #CD40A5 #CD405F

triadic

#CD40A5 #A5CD40 #40A5CD

tetradic

#CD40A5 #CDAE40 #40CD68 #405FCD

square

#CD40A5 #CDAE40 #40CD68 #405FCD

split-complementary

#CD40A5 #5FCD40 #40CDAE

monochromatic

#741E5C #A52B82 #CD40A5 #DA71BC #E6A1D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.31

#CD40A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.87

#CD40A5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD40A5

4.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD40A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD40A5	1.00	4.31	4.87	4.87
#FFFFFF	4.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B6BA8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7682A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9436D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd40a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 64, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.205 341.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e080c0',
    500: '#cd40a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd40a5;
$custom-light: #e080c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd40a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 317.021,
    "s": 58.506,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60561,
    "c": 0.20506,
    "h": 341.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.19363
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD40A5

secondary

#96D3A7

accent

#E27246

background

#FEF8FB

surface

#FCEFF7

border

#D5CAD0

text

#160B12

muted

#847C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD40A5

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

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