#CD40C4#CD40C4

#CD40C4 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.206; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.227 H 330.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD40C4
RGB	rgb(205, 64, 196)
HSL	hsl(304, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(304, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.8%, 4.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.55, 69.54, -40.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.55, 80.40, 329.86°)
OKLab	oklab(62.07% 0.1976 -0.1112)
OKLCH	oklch(62.07% 0.227 330.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.9739, 20.6343, 54.2493)
Luminance	0.2063 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD40C4 #40CD49

analogous

#9040CD #CD40C4 #CD407D

triadic

#CD40C4 #C4CD40 #40C4CD

tetradic

#CD40C4 #CD9040 #40CD49 #407DCD

square

#CD40C4 #CD9040 #40CD49 #407DCD

split-complementary

#CD40C4 #7DCD40 #40CD90

monochromatic

#741E6F #A52B9D #CD40C4 #DA71D3 #E6A1E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.10

#CD40C4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.13

#CD40C4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD40C4

5.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD40C4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD40C4	1.00	4.10	5.13	5.13
#FFFFFF	4.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3471C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6984C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5517D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd40c4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 64, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.227 330.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e081d6',
    500: '#cd40c4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd40c4;
$custom-light: #e081d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd40c4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 303.83,
    "s": 58.506,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62067,
    "c": 0.22674,
    "h": 330.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.20631
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD40C4

secondary

#96D39A

accent

#E25046

background

#FEF8FD

surface

#FCEFFA

border

#D5CAD3

text

#160B14

muted

#847C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD40C4

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

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