#CE40CE#CE40CE

#CE40CE is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.235 H 327.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CE40CE
RGB	rgb(206, 64, 206)
HSL	hsl(300, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(300, 69%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.9%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.22, 71.36, -45.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.22, 84.38, 327.74°)
OKLab	oklab(62.75% 0.199 -0.1247)
OKLCH	oklch(62.75% 0.235 327.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.4271, 21.2475, 60.4578)
Luminance	0.2124 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CE40CE #40CE40

analogous

#8740CE #CE40CE #CE4087

triadic

#CE40CE #CECE40 #40CECE

tetradic

#CE40CE #CE8740 #40CE40 #4087CE

square

#CE40CE #CE8740 #40CE40 #4087CE

split-complementary

#CE40CE #87CE40 #40CE87

monochromatic

#751E75 #A62BA6 #CE40CE #DA71DA #E7A1E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.00

#CE40CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.25

#CE40CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CE40CE

5.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CE40CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CE40CE	1.00	4.00	5.25	5.25
#FFFFFF	4.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2873D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6586CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D45583

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ce40ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 64, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.235 327.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e181dd',
    500: '#ce40ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ce40ce;
$custom-light: #e181dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ce40ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 59.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62749,
    "c": 0.23484,
    "h": 327.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21245
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CE40CE

secondary

#96D496

accent

#E24545

background

#FEF8FD

surface

#FCF0FB

border

#D5CBD4

text

#160B15

muted

#847C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #CE40CE

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

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