#CD40CA#CD40CA

#CD40CA is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.231 H 328.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD40CA
RGB	rgb(205, 64, 202)
HSL	hsl(301, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(301, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.8%, 1.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.85, 70.49, -43.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.85, 82.75, 328.42°)
OKLab	oklab(62.39% 0.1979 -0.1198)
OKLCH	oklch(62.39% 0.231 328.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.6705, 20.9129, 57.9182)
Luminance	0.2091 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD40CA #40CD43

analogous

#8A40CD #CD40CA #CD4083

triadic

#CD40CA #CACD40 #40CACD

tetradic

#CD40CA #CD8A40 #40CD43 #4083CD

square

#CD40CA #CD8A40 #40CD43 #4083CD

split-complementary

#CD40CA #83CD40 #40CD8A

monochromatic

#741E72 #A52BA2 #CD40CA #DA71D7 #E6A1E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.05

#CD40CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.18

#CD40CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD40CA

5.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD40CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD40CA	1.00	4.05	5.18	5.18
#FFFFFF	4.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2D72CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6685C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D45381

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd40ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 64, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.231 328.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e081da',
    500: '#cd40ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd40ca;
$custom-light: #e081da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd40ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 301.277,
    "s": 58.506,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62388,
    "c": 0.23128,
    "h": 328.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.2091
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD40CA

secondary

#96D397

accent

#E24946

background

#FEF8FD

surface

#FCF0FB

border

#D5CBD4

text

#160B15

muted

#847C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD40CA

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

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