#CD40D4#CD40D4

#CD40D4 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.239 H 325.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD40D4
RGB	rgb(205, 64, 212)
HSL	hsl(297, 63%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(297, 70%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.3%, 69.8%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.39, 72.13, -48.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.39, 86.76, 326.24°)
OKLab	oklab(62.94% 0.198 -0.1339)
OKLCH	oklch(62.94% 0.239 325.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.8931, 21.4020, 64.3570)
Luminance	0.2140 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD40D4 #47D440

analogous

#8340D4 #CD40D4 #D44091

triadic

#CD40D4 #D4CD40 #40D4CD

tetradic

#CD40D4 #D48340 #47D440 #4091D4

square

#CD40D4 #D48340 #47D440 #4091D4

split-complementary

#CD40D4 #91D440 #40D483

monochromatic

#791C7D #A927AF #CD40D4 #DA72DF #E7A4EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.98

#CD40D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.28

#CD40D4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD40D4

5.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD40D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD40D4	1.00	3.98	5.28	5.28
#FFFFFF	3.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1D74D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6186D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D25886

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd40d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 64, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.239 325.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e081e2',
    500: '#cd40d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd40d4;
$custom-light: #e081e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd40d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 297.162,
    "s": 63.248,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62942,
    "c": 0.23901,
    "h": 325.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21399
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD40D4

secondary

#9BD798

accent

#E64249

background

#FEF8FD

surface

#FCF0FB

border

#D5CBD4

text

#160B15

muted

#847C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD40D4

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

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