#CD42D9#CD42D9

#CD42D9 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.241 H 324.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD42D9
RGB	rgb(205, 66, 217)
HSL	hsl(295, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(295, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.5%, 69.6%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.91, 72.27, -50.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.91, 88.01, 325.20°)
OKLab	oklab(63.4% 0.196 -0.1398)
OKLCH	oklch(63.4% 0.241 324.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.6484, 21.8878, 67.7686)
Luminance	0.2188 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD42D9 #4ED942

analogous

#8142D9 #CD42D9 #D94299

triadic

#CD42D9 #D9CD42 #42D9CD

tetradic

#CD42D9 #D98142 #4ED942 #4299D9

square

#CD42D9 #D98142 #4ED942 #4299D9

split-complementary

#CD42D9 #99D942 #42D981

monochromatic

#7D1B86 #AD25B9 #CD42D9 #DA75E3 #E8A8ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.91

#CD42D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.38

#CD42D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD42D9

5.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD42D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD42D9	1.00	3.91	5.38	5.38
#FFFFFF	3.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1676DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E87D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D15B89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd42d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 66, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.241 324.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e082e5',
    500: '#cd42d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd42d9;
$custom-light: #e082e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd42d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 295.232,
    "s": 66.52,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63404,
    "c": 0.24072,
    "h": 324.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.21885
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD42D9

secondary

#A1DB9C

accent

#E93E4C

background

#FEF8FE

surface

#FCF0FC

border

#D5CBD5

text

#160C16

muted

#847D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD42D9

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

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