#CE40C6#CE40C6

#CE40C6 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.229 H 330.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CE40C6
RGB	rgb(206, 64, 198)
HSL	hsl(303, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(303, 69%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.9%, 3.9%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.81, 70.08, -41.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.81, 81.24, 329.61°)
OKLab	oklab(62.32% 0.1988 -0.1133)
OKLCH	oklch(62.32% 0.229 330.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.4799, 20.8687, 55.4692)
Luminance	0.2087 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CE40C6 #40CE48

analogous

#8F40CE #CE40C6 #CE407F

triadic

#CE40C6 #C6CE40 #40C6CE

tetradic

#CE40C6 #CE8F40 #40CE48 #407FCE

square

#CE40C6 #CE8F40 #40CE48 #407FCE

split-complementary

#CE40C6 #7FCE40 #40CE8F

monochromatic

#751E71 #A62B9F #CE40C6 #DA71D5 #E7A1E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.06

#CE40C6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.17

#CE40C6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CE40C6

5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CE40C6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CE40C6	1.00	4.06	5.17	5.17
#FFFFFF	4.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3272CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6985C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6517E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ce40c6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 64, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.229 330.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e181d8',
    500: '#ce40c6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ce40c6;
$custom-light: #e181d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ce40c6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 303.38,
    "s": 59.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62317,
    "c": 0.22876,
    "h": 330.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.20866
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CE40C6

secondary

#96D49A

accent

#E24E45

background

#FEF8FD

surface

#FCEFFA

border

#D5CAD3

text

#160B14

muted

#847C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #CE40C6

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

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