#CD42BC#CD42BC

#CD42BC is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.218 H 333.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD42BC
RGB	rgb(205, 66, 188)
HSL	hsl(307, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(307, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.8%, 8.3%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.41, 67.58, -35.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.41, 76.55, 331.98°)
OKLab	oklab(61.84% 0.195 -0.0985)
OKLCH	oklch(61.84% 0.218 333.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.2023, 20.5093, 49.6192)
Luminance	0.2051 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD42BC #42CD53

analogous

#9842CD #CD42BC #CD4276

triadic

#CD42BC #BCCD42 #42BCCD

tetradic

#CD42BC #CD9842 #42CD53 #4276CD

square

#CD42BC #CD9842 #42CD53 #4276CD

split-complementary

#CD42BC #76CD42 #42CD98

monochromatic

#761F6B #A62C97 #CD42BC #DA72CD #E7A3DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.12

#CD42BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.10

#CD42BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD42BC

5.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD42BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD42BC	1.00	4.12	5.10	5.10
#FFFFFF	4.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3D70BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E84B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D64E7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd42bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 66, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.218 333.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e081d0',
    500: '#cd42bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd42bc;
$custom-light: #e081d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd42bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 307.338,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61839,
    "c": 0.21844,
    "h": 333.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.20506
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD42BC

secondary

#97D39F

accent

#E15946

background

#FEF8FC

surface

#FCF0F9

border

#D5CBD2

text

#160B14

muted

#847C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD42BC

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

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