#CD42D0#CD42D0

#CD42D0 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.234 H 327.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD42D0
RGB	rgb(205, 66, 208)
HSL	hsl(299, 60%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(299, 68%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.4%, 68.3%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.42, 70.76, -45.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.42, 84.33, 327.04°)
OKLab	oklab(62.9% 0.196 -0.1271)
OKLCH	oklch(62.9% 0.234 327)
XYZ	xyz(38.5096, 21.4322, 61.7708)
Luminance	0.2143 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD42D0 #45D042

analogous

#8642D0 #CD42D0 #D0428C

triadic

#CD42D0 #D0CD42 #42D0CD

tetradic

#CD42D0 #D08642 #45D042 #428CD0

square

#CD42D0 #D08642 #45D042 #428CD0

split-complementary

#CD42D0 #8CD042 #42D086

monochromatic

#771E79 #A82AAA #CD42D0 #DA73DC #E7A4E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.97

#CD42D0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.29

#CD42D0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD42D0

5.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD42D0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD42D0	1.00	3.97	5.29	5.29
#FFFFFF	3.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2874D4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6486CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D35784

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd42d0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 66, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.234 327.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e082df',
    500: '#cd42d0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd42d0;
$custom-light: #e082df;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd42d0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 298.732,
    "s": 60.169,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62896,
    "c": 0.23362,
    "h": 327
  },
  "luminance": 0.2143
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD42D0

secondary

#9AD599

accent

#E34448

background

#FEF8FD

surface

#FCF0FB

border

#D5CBD4

text

#160B15

muted

#847C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD42D0

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

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