#CE38C5#CE38C5

#CE38C5 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.200; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.237 H 330.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CE38C5
RGB	rgb(206, 56, 197)
HSL	hsl(304, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(304, 73%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.8%, 4.4%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.82, 72.58, -42.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.82, 83.90, 329.89°)
OKLab	oklab(61.59% 0.2064 -0.116)
OKLCH	oklch(61.59% 0.237 330.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.9457, 19.9843, 54.7240)
Luminance	0.1998 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CE38C5 #38CE41

analogous

#8C38CE #CE38C5 #CE387A

triadic

#CE38C5 #C5CE38 #38C5CE

tetradic

#CE38C5 #CE8C38 #38CE41 #387ACE

square

#CE38C5 #CE8C38 #38CE41 #387ACE

split-complementary

#CE38C5 #7ACE38 #38CE8C

monochromatic

#701C6B #A1289A #CE38C5 #DA69D3 #E69AE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.20

#CE38C5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.00

#CE38C5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CE38C5

5.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CE38C5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CE38C5	1.00	4.20	5.00	5.00
#FFFFFF	4.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#286EC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6683C1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D64B7C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ce38c5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 56, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.237 330.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e17dd7',
    500: '#ce38c5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ce38c5;
$custom-light: #e17dd7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ce38c5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 303.6,
    "s": 60.484,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61592,
    "c": 0.23675,
    "h": 330.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.19981
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CE38C5

secondary

#90D294

accent

#E44E44

background

#FEF8FD

surface

#FDEFFA

border

#D5CAD3

text

#160B14

muted

#847C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #CE38C5

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

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