#CB42C9#CB42C9

#CB42C9 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.227 H 328.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CB42C9
RGB	rgb(203, 66, 201)
HSL	hsl(301, 57%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(301, 67%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.5%, 1%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.74, 69.16, -42.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.74, 81.42, 328.16°)
OKLab	oklab(62.23% 0.1937 -0.1187)
OKLCH	oklch(62.23% 0.227 328.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.1190, 20.8126, 57.3092)
Luminance	0.2081 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CB42C9 #42CB44

analogous

#8842CB #CB42C9 #CB4284

triadic

#CB42C9 #C9CB42 #42C9CB

tetradic

#CB42C9 #CB8842 #42CB44 #4284CB

square

#CB42C9 #CB8842 #42CB44 #4284CB

split-complementary

#CB42C9 #84CB42 #42CB88

monochromatic

#732072 #A32DA1 #CB42C9 #D872D7 #E5A2E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.07

#CB42C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.16

#CB42C9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CB42C9

5.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CB42C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CB42C9	1.00	4.07	5.16	5.16
#FFFFFF	4.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2F72CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6684C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D25581

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cb42c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 66, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.227 328.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de82da',
    500: '#cb42c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cb42c9;
$custom-light: #de82da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cb42c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300.876,
    "s": 56.846,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62231,
    "c": 0.22719,
    "h": 328.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.2081
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CB42C9

secondary

#97D298

accent

#E04A48

background

#FEF8FD

surface

#FCF0FB

border

#D5CBD4

text

#160B15

muted

#847C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #CB42C9

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

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