#CD42B8#CD42B8

#CD42B8 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.216 H 334.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD42B8
RGB	rgb(205, 66, 184)
HSL	hsl(309, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(309, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.8%, 10.2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.22, 66.97, -33.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.22, 75.08, 333.13°)
OKLab	oklab(61.64% 0.1946 -0.0927)
OKLCH	oklch(61.64% 0.216 334.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.7771, 20.3392, 47.3797)
Luminance	0.2034 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD42B8 #42CD57

analogous

#9D42CD #CD42B8 #CD4272

triadic

#CD42B8 #B8CD42 #42B8CD

tetradic

#CD42B8 #CD9D42 #42CD57 #4272CD

square

#CD42B8 #CD9D42 #42CD57 #4272CD

split-complementary

#CD42B8 #72CD42 #42CD9D

monochromatic

#761F68 #A62C93 #CD42B8 #DA72CA #E7A3DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.14

#CD42B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.07

#CD42B8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD42B8

5.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD42B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD42B8	1.00	4.14	5.07	5.07
#FFFFFF	4.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#416FBB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7084B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D74D78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd42b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 66, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.216 334.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e081cd',
    500: '#cd42b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd42b8;
$custom-light: #e081cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd42b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 309.065,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6164,
    "c": 0.21555,
    "h": 334.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.20336
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD42B8

secondary

#97D3A0

accent

#E15E46

background

#FEF8FC

surface

#FCEFF9

border

#D5CAD2

text

#160B13

muted

#847C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD42B8

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

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