#CD40D9#CD40D9

#CD40D9 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.243 H 324.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD40D9
RGB	rgb(205, 64, 217)
HSL	hsl(295, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(295, 71%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.5%, 70.5%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.66, 72.96, -50.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.66, 88.80, 325.25°)
OKLab	oklab(63.23% 0.1979 -0.1409)
OKLCH	oklch(63.23% 0.243 324.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.5336, 21.6582, 67.7303)
Luminance	0.2166 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD40D9 #4CD940

analogous

#8040D9 #CD40D9 #D94099

triadic

#CD40D9 #D9CD40 #40D9CD

tetradic

#CD40D9 #D98040 #4CD940 #4099D9

square

#CD40D9 #D98040 #4CD940 #4099D9

split-complementary

#CD40D9 #99D940 #40D980

monochromatic

#7C1A84 #AC24B7 #CD40D9 #DA73E3 #E8A6ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.94

#CD40D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.33

#CD40D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD40D9

5.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD40D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD40D9	1.00	3.94	5.33	5.33
#FFFFFF	3.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0F75DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D86D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D15A89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd40d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 64, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.243 324.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e082e5',
    500: '#cd40d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd40d9;
$custom-light: #e082e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd40d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 295.294,
    "s": 66.812,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63229,
    "c": 0.24294,
    "h": 324.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.21656
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD40D9

secondary

#9FDA9A

accent

#EA3E4C

background

#FEF8FE

surface

#FCF0FC

border

#D5CBD5

text

#160B16

muted

#847C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD40D9

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

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