#CD42CA#CD42CA

#CD42CA is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.211; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.229 H 328.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD42CA
RGB	rgb(205, 66, 202)
HSL	hsl(301, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(301, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.8%, 1.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.11, 69.78, -42.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.11, 81.93, 328.39°)
OKLab	oklab(62.57% 0.1958 -0.1186)
OKLCH	oklch(62.57% 0.229 328.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.7853, 21.1425, 57.9564)
Luminance	0.2114 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD42CA #42CD45

analogous

#8A42CD #CD42CA #CD4284

triadic

#CD42CA #CACD42 #42CACD

tetradic

#CD42CA #CD8A42 #42CD45 #4284CD

square

#CD42CA #CD8A42 #42CD45 #4284CD

split-complementary

#CD42CA #84CD42 #42CD8A

monochromatic

#761F74 #A62CA3 #CD42CA #DA72D8 #E7A3E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.02

#CD42CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.23

#CD42CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD42CA

5.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD42CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD42CA	1.00	4.02	5.23	5.23
#FFFFFF	4.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3073CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6785C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D45581

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd42ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 66, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.229 328.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e082da',
    500: '#cd42ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd42ca;
$custom-light: #e082da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd42ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 301.295,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62569,
    "c": 0.22896,
    "h": 328.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.2114
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD42CA

secondary

#97D399

accent

#E14A46

background

#FEF8FD

surface

#FCF0FB

border

#D5CBD4

text

#160B15

muted

#847C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD42CA

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

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