#CD42D2#CD42D2

#CD42D2 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.235 H 326.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD42D2
RGB	rgb(205, 66, 210)
HSL	hsl(298, 62%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(298, 69%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.4%, 68.6%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.53, 71.09, -46.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.53, 85.14, 326.61°)
OKLab	oklab(63.01% 0.196 -0.13)
OKLCH	oklch(63.01% 0.235 326.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.7572, 21.5313, 63.0749)
Luminance	0.2153 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD42D2 #47D242

analogous

#8542D2 #CD42D2 #D2428F

triadic

#CD42D2 #D2CD42 #42D2CD

tetradic

#CD42D2 #D28542 #47D242 #428FD2

square

#CD42D2 #D28542 #47D242 #428FD2

split-complementary

#CD42D2 #8FD242 #42D285

monochromatic

#791E7C #A929AD #CD42D2 #DA73DE #E7A5EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.96

#CD42D2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.31

#CD42D2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD42D2

5.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD42D2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD42D2	1.00	3.96	5.31	5.31
#FFFFFF	3.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2575D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6386CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D25885

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd42d2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 66, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.235 326.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e082e0',
    500: '#cd42d2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd42d2;
$custom-light: #e082e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd42d2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 297.917,
    "s": 61.538,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63008,
    "c": 0.23519,
    "h": 326.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.21529
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD42D2

secondary

#9BD799

accent

#E54349

background

#FEF8FD

surface

#FCF0FB

border

#D5CBD4

text

#160B15

muted

#847C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD42D2

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

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