#CB42E5#CB42E5

#CB42E5 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.223; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.250 H 320.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CB42E5
RGB	rgb(203, 66, 229)
HSL	hsl(290, 76%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(290, 71%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.4%, 71.2%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.29, 73.93, -56.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.29, 93.00, 322.65°)
OKLab	oklab(63.84% 0.1933 -0.1579)
OKLCH	oklch(63.84% 0.25 320.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.7180, 22.2522, 76.2639)
Luminance	0.2225 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CB42E5 #5CE542

analogous

#7942E5 #CB42E5 #E542AE

triadic

#CB42E5 #E5CB42 #42E5CB

tetradic

#CB42E5 #E57942 #5CE542 #42AEE5

square

#CB42E5 #E57942 #5CE542 #42AEE5

split-complementary

#CB42E5 #AEE542 #42E579

monochromatic

#831598 #B11CCE #CB42E5 #DA78EC #E9AEF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.85

#CB42E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.45

#CB42E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CB42E5

5.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CB42E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CB42E5	1.00	3.85	5.45	5.45
#FFFFFF	3.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0078EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5487E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC6190

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cb42e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 66, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.250 320.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df83ee',
    500: '#cb42e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cb42e5;
$custom-light: #df83ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cb42e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.429,
    "s": 75.814,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63841,
    "c": 0.24958,
    "h": 320.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.2225
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CB42E5

secondary

#ABE2A1

accent

#F23554

background

#FEF8FE

surface

#FCF0FD

border

#D5CBD5

text

#160C16

muted

#847D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #CB42E5

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

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