#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
RGB	rgb(205, 64, 198)
HSL	hsl(303, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(303, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.8%, 3.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.65, 69.85, -41.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.65, 81.18, 329.37°)
OKLab	oklab(62.17% 0.1977 -0.114)
OKLCH	oklch(62.17% 0.228 330)
XYZ	xyz(37.2031, 20.7259, 55.4562)
Luminance	0.2072 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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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
##CD40C6	1.00	4.08	5.14	5.14
#FFFFFF	4.08	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)

#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

Preview with #CD40C6

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

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