#CB42E2#CB42E2

#CB42E2 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.221; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.247 H 321.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CB42E2
RGB	rgb(203, 66, 226)
HSL	hsl(291, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(291, 71%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.2%, 70.8%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.12, 73.40, -55.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.12, 91.73, 323.15°)
OKLab	oklab(63.66% 0.1934 -0.1538)
OKLCH	oklch(63.66% 0.247 321.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.3028, 22.0861, 74.0769)
Luminance	0.2208 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CB42E2 #59E242

analogous

#7B42E2 #CB42E2 #E242A9

triadic

#CB42E2 #E2CB42 #42E2CB

tetradic

#CB42E2 #E27B42 #59E242 #42A9E2

square

#CB42E2 #E27B42 #59E242 #42A9E2

split-complementary

#CB42E2 #A9E242 #42E27B

monochromatic

#811793 #B01FC8 #CB42E2 #DA77EA #E8ACF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.88

#CB42E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.42

#CB42E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CB42E2

5.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CB42E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CB42E2	1.00	3.88	5.42	5.42
#FFFFFF	3.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0078E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5686DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD608E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cb42e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 66, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.247 321.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df83ec',
    500: '#cb42e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cb42e2;
$custom-light: #df83ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cb42e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.375,
    "s": 73.394,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6366,
    "c": 0.24713,
    "h": 321.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22084
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CB42E2

secondary

#A9E09F

accent

#F03852

background

#FEF8FE

surface

#FCF0FD

border

#D5CBD5

text

#160C16

muted

#847D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #CB42E2

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

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