#CD40CE#CD40CE

#CD40CE is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.211; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.234 H 327.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD40CE
RGB	rgb(205, 64, 206)
HSL	hsl(300, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(300, 69%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 68.9%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.06, 71.14, -45.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.06, 84.33, 327.51°)
OKLab	oklab(62.61% 0.1979 -0.1254)
OKLCH	oklch(62.61% 0.234 327.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.1503, 21.1048, 60.4448)
Luminance	0.2110 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD40CE #41CE40

analogous

#8640CE #CD40CE #CE4088

triadic

#CD40CE #CECD40 #40CECD

tetradic

#CD40CE #CE8640 #41CE40 #4088CE

square

#CD40CE #CE8640 #41CE40 #4088CE

split-complementary

#CD40CE #88CE40 #40CE86

monochromatic

#751E75 #A52BA6 #CD40CE #DA71DA #E6A1E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.02

#CD40CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.22

#CD40CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD40CE

5.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD40CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD40CE	1.00	4.02	5.22	5.22
#FFFFFF	4.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2773D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6485CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D35583

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd40ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 64, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.234 327.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e081dd',
    500: '#cd40ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd40ce;
$custom-light: #e081dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd40ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 299.577,
    "s": 59.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62607,
    "c": 0.23435,
    "h": 327.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21102
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD40CE

secondary

#97D496

accent

#E24547

background

#FEF8FD

surface

#FCF0FB

border

#D5CBD4

text

#160B15

muted

#847C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD40CE

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

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