#CD42A8#CD42A8

#CD42A8 is a mid, highly saturated pink. Relative luminance 0.197; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.205 H 340.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD42A8
RGB	rgb(205, 66, 168)
HSL	hsl(316, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(316, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.8%, 18%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.50, 64.65, -25.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.50, 69.57, 338.32°)
OKLab	oklab(60.89% 0.1924 -0.0693)
OKLCH	oklch(60.89% 0.205 340.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.1938, 19.7059, 39.0410)
Luminance	0.1970 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD42A8 #42CD67

analogous

#AC42CD #CD42A8 #CD4262

triadic

#CD42A8 #A8CD42 #42A8CD

tetradic

#CD42A8 #CDAC42 #42CD67 #4262CD

square

#CD42A8 #CDAC42 #42CD67 #4262CD

split-complementary

#CD42A8 #62CD42 #42CDAC

monochromatic

#761F5F #A62C85 #CD42A8 #DA72BE #E7A3D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.25

#CD42A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.94

#CD42A8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD42A8

4.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD42A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD42A8	1.00	4.25	4.94	4.94
#FFFFFF	4.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B6DAB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7683A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9466F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd42a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 66, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.205 340.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e081c2',
    500: '#cd42a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd42a8;
$custom-light: #e081c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd42a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 315.971,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60887,
    "c": 0.20451,
    "h": 340.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.19703
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD42A8

secondary

#97D3A7

accent

#E17046

background

#FEF8FB

surface

#FCEFF7

border

#D5CAD0

text

#160B12

muted

#847C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD42A8

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

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