#CD40D6#CD40D6

#CD40D6 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.241 H 325.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD40D6
RGB	rgb(205, 64, 214)
HSL	hsl(296, 65%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(296, 70%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.2%, 70.1%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.50, 72.46, -49.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.50, 87.57, 325.84°)
OKLab	oklab(63.06% 0.1979 -0.1367)
OKLCH	oklch(63.06% 0.241 325.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.1470, 21.5035, 65.6940)
Luminance	0.2150 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD40D6 #49D640

analogous

#8240D6 #CD40D6 #D64094

triadic

#CD40D6 #D6CD40 #40D6CD

tetradic

#CD40D6 #D68240 #49D640 #4094D6

square

#CD40D6 #D68240 #49D640 #4094D6

split-complementary

#CD40D6 #94D640 #40D682

monochromatic

#7A1B80 #AA26B2 #CD40D6 #DA72E1 #E7A5EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.96

#CD40D6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.30

#CD40D6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD40D6

5.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD40D6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD40D6	1.00	3.96	5.30	5.30
#FFFFFF	3.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1875DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F86D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D25987

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd40d6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 64, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.241 325.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e081e3',
    500: '#cd40d6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd40d6;
$custom-light: #e081e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd40d6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 296.4,
    "s": 64.655,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63056,
    "c": 0.24058,
    "h": 325.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.21501
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD40D6

secondary

#9DD999

accent

#E8404A

background

#FEF8FE

surface

#FCF0FC

border

#D5CBD5

text

#160B15

muted

#847C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD40D6

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

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