#CD40C9#CD40C9

#CD40C9 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.231 H 329.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD40C9
RGB	rgb(205, 64, 201)
HSL	hsl(302, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(302, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.8%, 2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.80, 70.33, -42.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.80, 82.35, 328.65°)
OKLab	oklab(62.33% 0.1978 -0.1183)
OKLCH	oklch(62.33% 0.231 329.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.5525, 20.8657, 57.2966)
Luminance	0.2086 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD40C9 #40CD44

analogous

#8A40CD #CD40C9 #CD4083

triadic

#CD40C9 #C9CD40 #40C9CD

tetradic

#CD40C9 #CD8A40 #40CD44 #4083CD

square

#CD40C9 #CD8A40 #40CD44 #4083CD

split-complementary

#CD40C9 #83CD40 #40CD8A

monochromatic

#741E72 #A52BA1 #CD40C9 #DA71D7 #E6A1E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.06

#CD40C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.17

#CD40C9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD40C9

5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD40C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD40C9	1.00	4.06	5.17	5.17
#FFFFFF	4.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2E72CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6785C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D45380

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd40c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 64, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.231 329.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e081da',
    500: '#cd40c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd40c9;
$custom-light: #e081da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd40c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 301.702,
    "s": 58.506,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62334,
    "c": 0.23052,
    "h": 329.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.20863
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD40C9

secondary

#96D398

accent

#E24B46

background

#FEF8FD

surface

#FCEFFB

border

#D5CAD4

text

#160B15

muted

#847C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD40C9

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

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