#CD42A2#CD42A2

#CD42A2 is a mid, highly saturated pink. Relative luminance 0.195; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.201 H 342.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD42A2
RGB	rgb(205, 66, 162)
HSL	hsl(319, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(319, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.8%, 21%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.25, 63.82, -22.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.25, 67.69, 340.54°)
OKLab	oklab(60.62% 0.1914 -0.0604)
OKLCH	oklch(60.62% 0.201 342.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.6477, 19.4875, 36.1648)
Luminance	0.1948 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD42A2 #42CD6D

analogous

#B242CD #CD42A2 #CD425C

triadic

#CD42A2 #A2CD42 #42A2CD

tetradic

#CD42A2 #CDB242 #42CD6D #425CCD

square

#CD42A2 #CDB242 #42CD6D #425CCD

split-complementary

#CD42A2 #5CCD42 #42CDB2

monochromatic

#761F5B #A62C80 #CD42A2 #DA72BA #E7A3D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.29

#CD42A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.90

#CD42A2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD42A2

4.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD42A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD42A2	1.00	4.29	4.90	4.90
#FFFFFF	4.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E6CA5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#78829F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA436C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd42a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 66, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.201 342.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e081bd',
    500: '#cd42a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd42a2;
$custom-light: #e081bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd42a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 318.561,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60622,
    "c": 0.20066,
    "h": 342.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.19484
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD42A2

secondary

#97D3AA

accent

#E17646

background

#FEF8FB

surface

#FCEFF6

border

#D5CAD0

text

#160B12

muted

#847C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD42A2

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

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