#CD40C6#CD40C6

#CD40C6 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.207; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.228 H 330.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#CD40C6
RGBrgb(205, 64, 198)
HSLhsl(303, 59%, 53%)
HSVhsv(303, 69%, 80%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 68.8%, 3.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LABlab(52.65, 69.85, -41.36)
CIE-LCHlch(52.65, 81.18, 329.37°)
OKLaboklab(62.17% 0.1977 -0.114)
OKLCHoklch(62.17% 0.228 330)
XYZxyz(37.2031, 20.7259, 55.4562)
Luminance0.2072 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familypurple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#CD40C6 #40CD47
analogous
#8E40CD #CD40C6 #CD407F
triadic
#CD40C6 #C6CD40 #40C6CD
tetradic
#CD40C6 #CD8E40 #40CD47 #407FCD
square
#CD40C6 #CD8E40 #40CD47 #407FCD
split-complementary
#CD40C6 #7FCD40 #40CD8E
monochromatic
#741E70 #A52B9F #CD40C6 #DA71D4 #E6A1E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.08
#CD40C6 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.14
#CD40C6 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD40C6
5.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##CD40C6#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##CD40C61.004.085.145.14
#FFFFFF4.081.0021.0021.00
#0000005.1421.001.001.00
##0000005.1421.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#3171CA
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#6884C2
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#D4517E
Achromatopsia (no color)
#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #cd40c6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 64, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.228 330.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e081d8',
    500: '#cd40c6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #cd40c6;
$custom-light: #e081d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#cd40c6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 302.979,
    "s": 58.506,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62173,
    "c": 0.22825,
    "h": 330
  },
  "luminance": 0.20723
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#CD40C6
secondary
#96D399
accent
#E24E46
background
#FEF8FD
surface
#FCEFFA
border
#D5CAD3
text
#160B14
muted
#847C83

Preview Lab

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#CD40C6 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva