#CD42B9#CD42B9

#CD42B9 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.204; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.216 H 334.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD42B9
RGB	rgb(205, 66, 185)
HSL	hsl(309, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(309, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.8%, 9.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.27, 67.12, -34.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.27, 75.44, 332.83°)
OKLab	oklab(61.69% 0.1947 -0.0941)
OKLCH	oklch(61.69% 0.216 334.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.8823, 20.3813, 47.9337)
Luminance	0.2038 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD42B9 #42CD56

analogous

#9B42CD #CD42B9 #CD4273

triadic

#CD42B9 #B9CD42 #42B9CD

tetradic

#CD42B9 #CD9B42 #42CD56 #4273CD

square

#CD42B9 #CD9B42 #42CD56 #4273CD

split-complementary

#CD42B9 #73CD42 #42CD9B

monochromatic

#761F69 #A62C94 #CD42B9 #DA72CB #E7A3DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.14

#CD42B9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.08

#CD42B9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD42B9

5.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD42B9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD42B9	1.00	4.14	5.08	5.08
#FFFFFF	4.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4070BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7084B6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D64D78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd42b9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 66, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.216 334.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e081ce',
    500: '#cd42b9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd42b9;
$custom-light: #e081ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd42b9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 308.633,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6169,
    "c": 0.21626,
    "h": 334.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.20378
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD42B9

secondary

#97D3A0

accent

#E15D46

background

#FEF8FC

surface

#FCEFF9

border

#D5CAD2

text

#160B13

muted

#847C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD42B9

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

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