#CD42E5#CD42E5

#CD42E5 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.250 H 321.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD42E5
RGB	rgb(205, 66, 229)
HSL	hsl(291, 76%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(291, 71%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.5%, 71.2%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.59, 74.34, -55.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.59, 93.03, 323.04°)
OKLab	oklab(64.11% 0.1955 -0.1564)
OKLCH	oklch(64.11% 0.25 321.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.2663, 22.5349, 76.2896)
Luminance	0.2253 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD42E5 #5AE542

analogous

#7C42E5 #CD42E5 #E542AB

triadic

#CD42E5 #E5CD42 #42E5CD

tetradic

#CD42E5 #E57C42 #5AE542 #42ABE5

square

#CD42E5 #E57C42 #5AE542 #42ABE5

split-complementary

#CD42E5 #ABE542 #42E57C

monochromatic

#841598 #B31CCE #CD42E5 #DB78EC #E9AEF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.81

#CD42E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.51

#CD42E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD42E5

5.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD42E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD42E5	1.00	3.81	5.51	5.51
#FFFFFF	3.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0079EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5688E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF6190

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd42e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 66, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.250 321.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e083ee',
    500: '#cd42e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd42e5;
$custom-light: #e083ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd42e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.166,
    "s": 75.814,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64111,
    "c": 0.25039,
    "h": 321.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.22533
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD42E5

secondary

#AAE2A1

accent

#F23551

background

#FEF8FE

surface

#FCF0FD

border

#D5CBD5

text

#160C16

muted

#847D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD42E5

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

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