#CD42A3#CD42A3

#CD42A3 is a mid, highly saturated pink. Relative luminance 0.195; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.201 H 342.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD42A3
RGB	rgb(205, 66, 163)
HSL	hsl(318, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(318, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.8%, 20.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.29, 63.96, -23.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.29, 68.00, 340.16°)
OKLab	oklab(60.67% 0.1916 -0.0619)
OKLCH	oklch(60.67% 0.201 342.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.7369, 19.5232, 36.6348)
Luminance	0.1952 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD42A3 #42CD6C

analogous

#B142CD #CD42A3 #CD425E

triadic

#CD42A3 #A3CD42 #42A3CD

tetradic

#CD42A3 #CDB142 #42CD6C #425ECD

square

#CD42A3 #CDB142 #42CD6C #425ECD

split-complementary

#CD42A3 #5ECD42 #42CDB1

monochromatic

#761F5B #A62C81 #CD42A3 #DA72BB #E7A3D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.28

#CD42A3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.90

#CD42A3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD42A3

4.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD42A3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD42A3	1.00	4.28	4.90	4.90
#FFFFFF	4.28	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)

#4E6CA6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7882A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9436D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd42a3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 66, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.201 342.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e081be',
    500: '#cd42a3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd42a3;
$custom-light: #e081be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd42a3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 318.129,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60666,
    "c": 0.20129,
    "h": 342.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.1952
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD42A3

secondary

#97D3AA

accent

#E17546

background

#FEF8FB

surface

#FCEFF7

border

#D5CAD0

text

#160B12

muted

#847C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD42A3

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

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