#CD40D5#CD40D5

#CD40D5 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.240 H 325.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD40D5
RGB	rgb(205, 64, 213)
HSL	hsl(297, 64%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(297, 70%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.8%, 70%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.44, 72.29, -48.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.44, 87.16, 326.04°)
OKLab	oklab(63% 0.198 -0.1353)
OKLCH	oklch(63% 0.24 325.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.0196, 21.4526, 65.0234)
Luminance	0.2145 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD40D5 #48D540

analogous

#8340D5 #CD40D5 #D54092

triadic

#CD40D5 #D5CD40 #40D5CD

tetradic

#CD40D5 #D58340 #48D540 #4092D5

square

#CD40D5 #D58340 #48D540 #4092D5

split-complementary

#CD40D5 #92D540 #40D583

monochromatic

#791C7F #A927B1 #CD40D5 #DA72E0 #E7A4EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.97

#CD40D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.29

#CD40D5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD40D5

5.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD40D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD40D5	1.00	3.97	5.29	5.29
#FFFFFF	3.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1A74D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6086D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D25887

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd40d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 64, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.240 325.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e081e2',
    500: '#cd40d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd40d5;
$custom-light: #e081e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd40d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 296.779,
    "s": 63.948,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62999,
    "c": 0.2398,
    "h": 325.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.2145
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD40D5

secondary

#9CD899

accent

#E7414A

background

#FEF8FD

surface

#FCF0FB

border

#D5CBD4

text

#160B15

muted

#847C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD40D5

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

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