#CD42C8#CD42C8

#CD42C8 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.210; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.227 H 329.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD42C8
RGB	rgb(205, 66, 200)
HSL	hsl(302, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(302, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.8%, 2.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.00, 69.46, -41.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.00, 81.14, 328.87°)
OKLab	oklab(62.46% 0.1958 -0.1158)
OKLCH	oklch(62.46% 0.227 329.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.5501, 21.0484, 56.7174)
Luminance	0.2105 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD42C8 #42CD47

analogous

#8C42CD #CD42C8 #CD4282

triadic

#CD42C8 #C8CD42 #42C8CD

tetradic

#CD42C8 #CD8C42 #42CD47 #4282CD

square

#CD42C8 #CD8C42 #42CD47 #4282CD

split-complementary

#CD42C8 #82CD42 #42CD8C

monochromatic

#761F72 #A62CA2 #CD42C8 #DA72D6 #E7A3E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.03

#CD42C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.21

#CD42C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD42C8

5.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD42C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD42C8	1.00	4.03	5.21	5.21
#FFFFFF	4.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3273CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6885C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D45480

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd42c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 66, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.227 329.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e082d9',
    500: '#cd42c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd42c8;
$custom-light: #e082d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd42c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 302.158,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62461,
    "c": 0.22744,
    "h": 329.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.21046
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD42C8

secondary

#97D39A

accent

#E14C46

background

#FEF8FD

surface

#FCF0FA

border

#D5CBD3

text

#160B15

muted

#847C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD42C8

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

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