#CD42B3#CD42B3

#CD42B3 is a mid, highly saturated pink. Relative luminance 0.201; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.212 H 336.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD42B3
RGB	rgb(205, 66, 179)
HSL	hsl(311, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(311, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.8%, 12.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.99, 66.22, -31.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.99, 73.29, 334.64°)
OKLab	oklab(61.4% 0.194 -0.0854)
OKLCH	oklch(61.4% 0.212 336.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.2622, 20.1333, 44.6680)
Luminance	0.2013 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD42B3 #42CD5C

analogous

#A142CD #CD42B3 #CD426D

triadic

#CD42B3 #B3CD42 #42B3CD

tetradic

#CD42B3 #CDA142 #42CD5C #426DCD

square

#CD42B3 #CDA142 #42CD5C #426DCD

split-complementary

#CD42B3 #6DCD42 #42CDA1

monochromatic

#761F65 #A62C8F #CD42B3 #DA72C6 #E7A3DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.18

#CD42B3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.03

#CD42B3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD42B3

5.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD42B3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD42B3	1.00	4.18	5.03	5.03
#FFFFFF	4.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#446FB6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7284B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D74A75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd42b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 66, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.212 336.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e081ca',
    500: '#cd42b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd42b3;
$custom-light: #e081ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd42b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 311.223,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61398,
    "c": 0.21199,
    "h": 336.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.2013
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD42B3

secondary

#97D3A3

accent

#E16346

background

#FEF8FC

surface

#FCEFF8

border

#D5CAD1

text

#160B13

muted

#847C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD42B3

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

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