#CB42D4#CB42D4

#CB42D4 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.213; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.236 H 325.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CB42D4
RGB	rgb(203, 66, 212)
HSL	hsl(296, 63%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(296, 69%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.2%, 68.9%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.33, 70.99, -48.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.33, 85.87, 325.76°)
OKLab	oklab(62.84% 0.1939 -0.1343)
OKLCH	oklch(62.84% 0.236 325.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.4596, 21.3489, 64.3696)
Luminance	0.2135 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CB42D4 #4BD442

analogous

#8242D4 #CB42D4 #D44294

triadic

#CB42D4 #D4CB42 #42D4CB

tetradic

#CB42D4 #D48242 #4BD442 #4294D4

square

#CB42D4 #D48242 #4BD442 #4294D4

split-complementary

#CB42D4 #94D442 #42D482

monochromatic

#791D7F #A828B1 #CB42D4 #D974DF #E6A6EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.99

#CB42D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.27

#CB42D4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CB42D4

5.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CB42D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CB42D4	1.00	3.99	5.27	5.27
#FFFFFF	3.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1F75D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6085D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D05987

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cb42d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 66, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.236 325.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df82e2',
    500: '#cb42d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cb42d4;
$custom-light: #df82e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cb42d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 296.301,
    "s": 62.931,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62841,
    "c": 0.23583,
    "h": 325.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.21346
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CB42D4

secondary

#9ED89A

accent

#E6424C

background

#FEF8FD

surface

#FCF0FB

border

#D5CBD4

text

#160B15

muted

#847C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #CB42D4

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

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