#CE38C4#CE38C4

#CE38C4 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.199; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.236 H 330.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CE38C4
RGB	rgb(206, 56, 196)
HSL	hsl(304, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(304, 73%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.8%, 4.9%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.77, 72.43, -41.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.77, 83.52, 330.13°)
OKLab	oklab(61.54% 0.2063 -0.1146)
OKLCH	oklch(61.54% 0.236 330.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.8315, 19.9386, 54.1225)
Luminance	0.1994 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CE38C4 #38CE42

analogous

#8D38CE #CE38C4 #CE3879

triadic

#CE38C4 #C4CE38 #38C4CE

tetradic

#CE38C4 #CE8D38 #38CE42 #3879CE

square

#CE38C4 #CE8D38 #38CE42 #3879CE

split-complementary

#CE38C4 #79CE38 #38CE8D

monochromatic

#701C6A #A12899 #CE38C4 #DA69D3 #E69AE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.21

#CE38C4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.99

#CE38C4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CE38C4

4.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CE38C4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CE38C4	1.00	4.21	4.99	4.99
#FFFFFF	4.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#296EC8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6783C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D64B7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ce38c4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 56, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.236 330.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e17dd6',
    500: '#ce38c4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ce38c4;
$custom-light: #e17dd6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ce38c4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 304,
    "s": 60.484,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61538,
    "c": 0.23603,
    "h": 330.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.19936
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CE38C4

secondary

#90D294

accent

#E44F44

background

#FEF8FD

surface

#FDEFFA

border

#D5CAD3

text

#160B14

muted

#847C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #CE38C4

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

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