#CD42D3#CD42D3

#CD42D3 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.236 H 326.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD42D3
RGB	rgb(205, 66, 211)
HSL	hsl(298, 62%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(298, 69%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.8%, 68.7%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.58, 71.26, -47.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.58, 85.55, 326.40°)
OKLab	oklab(63.06% 0.196 -0.1314)
OKLCH	oklch(63.06% 0.236 326.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.8822, 21.5813, 63.7330)
Luminance	0.2158 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD42D3 #48D342

analogous

#8542D3 #CD42D3 #D34291

triadic

#CD42D3 #D3CD42 #42D3CD

tetradic

#CD42D3 #D38542 #48D342 #4291D3

square

#CD42D3 #D38542 #48D342 #4291D3

split-complementary

#CD42D3 #91D342 #42D385

monochromatic

#791D7D #A929AF #CD42D3 #DA74DF #E7A5EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.95

#CD42D3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.32

#CD42D3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD42D3

5.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD42D3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD42D3	1.00	3.95	5.32	5.32
#FFFFFF	3.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2375D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6286CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D25986

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd42d3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 66, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.236 326.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e082e1',
    500: '#cd42d3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd42d3;
$custom-light: #e082e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd42d3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 297.517,
    "s": 62.232,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63063,
    "c": 0.23598,
    "h": 326.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21579
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD42D3

secondary

#9CD79A

accent

#E54249

background

#FEF8FD

surface

#FCF0FB

border

#D5CBD4

text

#160B15

muted

#847C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD42D3

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

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