#CD40C5#CD40C5

#CD40C5 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.207; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.228 H 330.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD40C5
RGB	rgb(205, 64, 197)
HSL	hsl(303, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(303, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.8%, 3.9%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.60, 69.69, -40.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.60, 80.79, 329.61°)
OKLab	oklab(62.12% 0.1977 -0.1126)
OKLCH	oklch(62.12% 0.228 330.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.0881, 20.6800, 54.8507)
Luminance	0.2068 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD40C5 #40CD48

analogous

#8E40CD #CD40C5 #CD407F

triadic

#CD40C5 #C5CD40 #40C5CD

tetradic

#CD40C5 #CD8E40 #40CD48 #407FCD

square

#CD40C5 #CD8E40 #40CD48 #407FCD

split-complementary

#CD40C5 #7FCD40 #40CD8E

monochromatic

#741E6F #A52B9E #CD40C5 #DA71D4 #E6A1E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.09

#CD40C5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.14

#CD40C5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD40C5

5.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD40C5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD40C5	1.00	4.09	5.14	5.14
#FFFFFF	4.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3371C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6984C1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5517E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd40c5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 64, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.228 330.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e081d7',
    500: '#cd40c5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd40c5;
$custom-light: #e081d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd40c5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 303.404,
    "s": 58.506,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6212,
    "c": 0.2275,
    "h": 330.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.20677
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD40C5

secondary

#96D399

accent

#E24F46

background

#FEF8FD

surface

#FCEFFA

border

#D5CAD3

text

#160B14

muted

#847C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD40C5

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

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