#CD42CF#CD42CF

#CD42CF is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.233 H 327.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD42CF
RGB	rgb(205, 66, 207)
HSL	hsl(299, 59%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(299, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(1%, 68.1%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.37, 70.60, -45.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.37, 83.93, 327.26°)
OKLab	oklab(62.84% 0.196 -0.1257)
OKLCH	oklch(62.84% 0.233 327.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.3870, 21.3832, 61.1249)
Luminance	0.2138 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD42CF #44CF42

analogous

#8642CF #CD42CF #CF428A

triadic

#CD42CF #CFCD42 #42CFCD

tetradic

#CD42CF #CF8642 #44CF42 #428ACF

square

#CD42CF #CF8642 #44CF42 #428ACF

split-complementary

#CD42CF #8ACF42 #42CF86

monochromatic

#771F78 #A72BA9 #CD42CF #DA73DB #E7A4E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.98

#CD42CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.28

#CD42CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD42CF

5.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD42CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD42CF	1.00	3.98	5.28	5.28
#FFFFFF	3.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2974D3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6586CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D35784

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd42cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 66, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.233 327.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e082de',
    500: '#cd42cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd42cf;
$custom-light: #e082de;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd42cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 299.149,
    "s": 59.494,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62841,
    "c": 0.23284,
    "h": 327.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.21381
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD42CF

secondary

#99D598

accent

#E34547

background

#FEF8FD

surface

#FCF0FB

border

#D5CBD4

text

#160B15

muted

#847C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD42CF

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

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