#CD42C9#CD42C9

#CD42C9 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.211; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.228 H 329.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD42C9
RGB	rgb(205, 66, 201)
HSL	hsl(302, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(302, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.8%, 2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.05, 69.62, -42.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.05, 81.54, 328.63°)
OKLab	oklab(62.52% 0.1958 -0.1172)
OKLCH	oklch(62.52% 0.228 329.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.6673, 21.0953, 57.3349)
Luminance	0.2109 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD42C9 #42CD46

analogous

#8C42CD #CD42C9 #CD4283

triadic

#CD42C9 #C9CD42 #42C9CD

tetradic

#CD42C9 #CD8C42 #42CD46 #4283CD

square

#CD42C9 #CD8C42 #42CD46 #4283CD

split-complementary

#CD42C9 #83CD42 #42CD8C

monochromatic

#761F73 #A62CA2 #CD42C9 #DA72D7 #E7A3E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.02

#CD42C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.22

#CD42C9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD42C9

5.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD42C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD42C9	1.00	4.02	5.22	5.22
#FFFFFF	4.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3173CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6885C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D45481

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd42c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 66, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.228 329.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e082da',
    500: '#cd42c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd42c9;
$custom-light: #e082da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd42c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 301.727,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62515,
    "c": 0.2282,
    "h": 329.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.21093
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD42C9

secondary

#97D399

accent

#E14B46

background

#FEF8FD

surface

#FCF0FB

border

#D5CBD4

text

#160B15

muted

#847C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD42C9

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

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