#CD40C8#CD40C8

#CD40C8 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.230 H 329.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD40C8
RGB	rgb(205, 64, 200)
HSL	hsl(302, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(302, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.8%, 2.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.75, 70.17, -42.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.75, 81.96, 328.89°)
OKLab	oklab(62.28% 0.1978 -0.1169)
OKLCH	oklch(62.28% 0.23 329.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.4353, 20.8188, 56.6791)
Luminance	0.2082 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD40C8 #40CD45

analogous

#8C40CD #CD40C8 #CD4081

triadic

#CD40C8 #C8CD40 #40C8CD

tetradic

#CD40C8 #CD8C40 #40CD45 #4081CD

square

#CD40C8 #CD8C40 #40CD45 #4081CD

split-complementary

#CD40C8 #81CD40 #40CD8C

monochromatic

#741E71 #A52BA0 #CD40C8 #DA71D6 #E6A1E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.07

#CD40C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.16

#CD40C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD40C8

5.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD40C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD40C8	1.00	4.07	5.16	5.16
#FFFFFF	4.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2F72CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6785C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4527F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd40c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 64, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.230 329.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e081d9',
    500: '#cd40c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd40c8;
$custom-light: #e081d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd40c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 302.128,
    "s": 58.506,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6228,
    "c": 0.22976,
    "h": 329.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.20816
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD40C8

secondary

#96D398

accent

#E24C46

background

#FEF8FD

surface

#FCEFFA

border

#D5CAD3

text

#160B15

muted

#847C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD40C8

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

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