#CD42C5#CD42C5

#CD42C5 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.225 H 330.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD42C5
RGB	rgb(205, 66, 197)
HSL	hsl(303, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(303, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.8%, 3.9%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.85, 68.98, -40.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.85, 79.97, 329.60°)
OKLab	oklab(62.3% 0.1956 -0.1115)
OKLCH	oklch(62.3% 0.225 330.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.2029, 20.9096, 54.8890)
Luminance	0.2091 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD42C5 #42CD4A

analogous

#8F42CD #CD42C5 #CD427F

triadic

#CD42C5 #C5CD42 #42C5CD

tetradic

#CD42C5 #CD8F42 #42CD4A #427FCD

square

#CD42C5 #CD8F42 #42CD4A #427FCD

split-complementary

#CD42C5 #7FCD42 #42CD8F

monochromatic

#761F71 #A62C9F #CD42C5 #DA72D4 #E7A3E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.05

#CD42C5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.18

#CD42C5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD42C5

5.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD42C5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD42C5	1.00	4.05	5.18	5.18
#FFFFFF	4.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3572C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A85C1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5527E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd42c5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 66, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.225 330.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e082d7',
    500: '#cd42c5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd42c5;
$custom-light: #e082d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd42c5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 303.453,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62302,
    "c": 0.22515,
    "h": 330.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.20907
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD42C5

secondary

#97D39B

accent

#E14F46

background

#FEF8FD

surface

#FCF0FA

border

#D5CBD3

text

#160B14

muted

#847C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD42C5

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

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