#CD42D5#CD42D5

#CD42D5 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.238 H 325.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD42D5
RGB	rgb(205, 66, 213)
HSL	hsl(297, 64%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(297, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.8%, 69%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.69, 71.59, -48.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.69, 86.36, 325.99°)
OKLab	oklab(63.18% 0.196 -0.1342)
OKLCH	oklch(63.18% 0.238 325.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.1344, 21.6822, 65.0617)
Luminance	0.2168 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD42D5 #4AD542

analogous

#8442D5 #CD42D5 #D54293

triadic

#CD42D5 #D5CD42 #42D5CD

tetradic

#CD42D5 #D58442 #4AD542 #4293D5

square

#CD42D5 #D58442 #4AD542 #4293D5

split-complementary

#CD42D5 #93D542 #42D584

monochromatic

#7B1C80 #AB28B2 #CD42D5 #DA74E0 #E7A6EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.94

#CD42D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.34

#CD42D5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD42D5

5.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD42D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD42D5	1.00	3.94	5.34	5.34
#FFFFFF	3.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1F75D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6186D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D25987

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd42d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 66, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.238 325.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e082e2',
    500: '#cd42d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd42d5;
$custom-light: #e082e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd42d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 296.735,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63176,
    "c": 0.23755,
    "h": 325.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.2168
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD42D5

secondary

#9ED89A

accent

#E7414A

background

#FEF8FD

surface

#FCF0FB

border

#D5CBD4

text

#160C15

muted

#847D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD42D5

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

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