#CD42D4#CD42D4

#CD42D4 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.237 H 325.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD42D4
RGB	rgb(205, 66, 212)
HSL	hsl(297, 63%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(297, 69%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.3%, 68.9%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.63, 71.42, -47.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.63, 85.95, 326.20°)
OKLab	oklab(63.12% 0.196 -0.1328)
OKLCH	oklch(63.12% 0.237 325.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.0079, 21.6316, 64.3953)
Luminance	0.2163 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD42D4 #49D442

analogous

#8442D4 #CD42D4 #D44292

triadic

#CD42D4 #D4CD42 #42D4CD

tetradic

#CD42D4 #D48442 #49D442 #4292D4

square

#CD42D4 #D48442 #49D442 #4292D4

split-complementary

#CD42D4 #92D442 #42D484

monochromatic

#7A1D7F #AA28B1 #CD42D4 #DA74DF #E7A6EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.94

#CD42D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.33

#CD42D4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD42D4

5.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD42D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD42D4	1.00	3.94	5.33	5.33
#FFFFFF	3.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2175D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6286D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D25987

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd42d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 66, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.237 325.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e082e2',
    500: '#cd42d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd42d4;
$custom-light: #e082e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd42d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 297.123,
    "s": 62.931,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6312,
    "c": 0.23676,
    "h": 325.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21629
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD42D4

secondary

#9DD89A

accent

#E6424A

background

#FEF8FD

surface

#FCF0FB

border

#D5CBD4

text

#160B15

muted

#847C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD42D4

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

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