#CB42C8#CB42C8

#CB42C8 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.226 H 328.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CB42C8
RGB	rgb(203, 66, 200)
HSL	hsl(301, 57%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(301, 67%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.5%, 1.5%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.69, 69.00, -42.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.69, 81.02, 328.39°)
OKLab	oklab(62.18% 0.1937 -0.1173)
OKLCH	oklch(62.18% 0.226 328.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.0018, 20.7657, 56.6917)
Luminance	0.2076 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CB42C8 #42CB45

analogous

#8A42CB #CB42C8 #CB4283

triadic

#CB42C8 #C8CB42 #42C8CB

tetradic

#CB42C8 #CB8A42 #42CB45 #4283CB

square

#CB42C8 #CB8A42 #42CB45 #4283CB

split-complementary

#CB42C8 #83CB42 #42CB8A

monochromatic

#732071 #A32DA0 #CB42C8 #D872D6 #E5A2E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.08

#CB42C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.15

#CB42C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CB42C8

5.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CB42C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CB42C8	1.00	4.08	5.15	5.15
#FFFFFF	4.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3072CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6784C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D25480

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cb42c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 66, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.226 328.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de82d9',
    500: '#cb42c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cb42c8;
$custom-light: #de82d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cb42c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 301.314,
    "s": 56.846,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62177,
    "c": 0.22641,
    "h": 328.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.20763
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CB42C8

secondary

#97D298

accent

#E04B48

background

#FEF8FD

surface

#FCF0FA

border

#D5CBD3

text

#160B15

muted

#847C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #CB42C8

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

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