#CD40BC#CD40BC

#CD40BC is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.221 H 333.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD40BC
RGB	rgb(205, 64, 188)
HSL	hsl(307, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(307, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.8%, 8.3%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.15, 68.30, -36.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.15, 77.38, 331.97°)
OKLab	oklab(61.65% 0.1971 -0.0996)
OKLCH	oklch(61.65% 0.221 333.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.0875, 20.2797, 49.5809)
Luminance	0.2028 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD40BC #40CD51

analogous

#9740CD #CD40BC #CD4075

triadic

#CD40BC #BCCD40 #40BCCD

tetradic

#CD40BC #CD9740 #40CD51 #4075CD

square

#CD40BC #CD9740 #40CD51 #4075CD

split-complementary

#CD40BC #75CD40 #40CD97

monochromatic

#741E6A #A52B96 #CD40BC #DA71CD #E6A1DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.15

#CD40BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.06

#CD40BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD40BC

5.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD40BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD40BC	1.00	4.15	5.06	5.06
#FFFFFF	4.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3B6FC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D84B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D64D79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd40bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 64, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.221 333.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e081d0',
    500: '#cd40bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd40bc;
$custom-light: #e081d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd40bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 307.234,
    "s": 58.506,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61654,
    "c": 0.22084,
    "h": 333.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.20277
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD40BC

secondary

#96D39D

accent

#E25946

background

#FEF8FC

surface

#FCEFF9

border

#D5CAD2

text

#160B14

muted

#847C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD40BC

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

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