#CD40B8#CD40B8

#CD40B8 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.201; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.218 H 334.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD40B8
RGB	rgb(205, 64, 184)
HSL	hsl(309, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(309, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.8%, 10.2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.96, 67.69, -34.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.96, 75.91, 333.10°)
OKLab	oklab(61.45% 0.1967 -0.0938)
OKLCH	oklch(61.45% 0.218 334.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.6623, 20.1096, 47.3414)
Luminance	0.2011 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD40B8 #40CD55

analogous

#9B40CD #CD40B8 #CD4072

triadic

#CD40B8 #B8CD40 #40B8CD

tetradic

#CD40B8 #CD9B40 #40CD55 #4072CD

square

#CD40B8 #CD9B40 #40CD55 #4072CD

split-complementary

#CD40B8 #72CD40 #40CD9B

monochromatic

#741E67 #A52B93 #CD40B8 #DA71CA #E6A1DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.18

#CD40B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.02

#CD40B8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD40B8

5.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD40B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD40B8	1.00	4.18	5.02	5.02
#FFFFFF	4.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3E6FBB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F83B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D74B77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd40b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 64, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.218 334.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e080cd',
    500: '#cd40b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd40b8;
$custom-light: #e080cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd40b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 308.936,
    "s": 58.506,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61454,
    "c": 0.21796,
    "h": 334.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.20107
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD40B8

secondary

#96D39F

accent

#E25D46

background

#FEF8FC

surface

#FCEFF9

border

#D5CAD2

text

#160B13

muted

#847C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD40B8

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

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