#CD42A9#CD42A9

#CD42A9 is a mid, highly saturated pink. Relative luminance 0.197; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.205 H 339.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD42A9
RGB	rgb(205, 66, 169)
HSL	hsl(316, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(316, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.8%, 17.6%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.55, 64.79, -26.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.55, 69.89, 337.96°)
OKLab	oklab(60.93% 0.1926 -0.0707)
OKLCH	oklch(60.93% 0.205 339.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.2873, 19.7433, 39.5335)
Luminance	0.1974 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD42A9 #42CD66

analogous

#AC42CD #CD42A9 #CD4263

triadic

#CD42A9 #A9CD42 #42A9CD

tetradic

#CD42A9 #CDAC42 #42CD66 #4263CD

square

#CD42A9 #CDAC42 #42CD66 #4263CD

split-complementary

#CD42A9 #63CD42 #42CDAC

monochromatic

#761F5F #A62C86 #CD42A9 #DA72BF #E7A3D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.24

#CD42A9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.95

#CD42A9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD42A9

4.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD42A9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD42A9	1.00	4.24	4.95	4.95
#FFFFFF	4.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A6DAC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7683A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D94670

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd42a9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 66, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.205 339.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e081c3',
    500: '#cd42a9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd42a9;
$custom-light: #e081c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd42a9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 315.54,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60932,
    "c": 0.20517,
    "h": 339.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.1974
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD42A9

secondary

#97D3A7

accent

#E16F46

background

#FEF8FC

surface

#FCEFF8

border

#D5CAD1

text

#160B12

muted

#847C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD42A9

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

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