#CD42D1#CD42D1

#CD42D1 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.234 H 326.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD42D1
RGB	rgb(205, 66, 209)
HSL	hsl(298, 61%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(298, 68%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.9%, 68.4%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.47, 70.93, -46.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.47, 84.74, 326.83°)
OKLab	oklab(62.95% 0.196 -0.1286)
OKLCH	oklch(62.95% 0.234 326.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.6330, 21.4816, 62.4208)
Luminance	0.2148 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD42D1 #46D142

analogous

#8642D1 #CD42D1 #D1428E

triadic

#CD42D1 #D1CD42 #42D1CD

tetradic

#CD42D1 #D18642 #46D142 #428ED1

square

#CD42D1 #D18642 #46D142 #428ED1

split-complementary

#CD42D1 #8ED142 #42D186

monochromatic

#781E7B #A82AAC #CD42D1 #DA73DD #E7A4E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.97

#CD42D1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.30

#CD42D1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD42D1

5.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD42D1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD42D1	1.00	3.97	5.30	5.30
#FFFFFF	3.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2674D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6386CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D35885

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd42d1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 66, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.234 326.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e082df',
    500: '#cd42d1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd42d1;
$custom-light: #e082df;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd42d1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 298.322,
    "s": 60.851,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62952,
    "c": 0.2344,
    "h": 326.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.21479
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD42D1

secondary

#9BD699

accent

#E44448

background

#FEF8FD

surface

#FCF0FB

border

#D5CBD4

text

#160B15

muted

#847C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD42D1

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

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