#CE40E2#CE40E2

#CE40E2 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.223; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.251 H 322.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CE40E2
RGB	rgb(206, 64, 226)
HSL	hsl(293, 74%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(293, 72%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.8%, 71.7%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.32, 74.71, -54.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.32, 92.56, 323.81°)
OKLab	oklab(63.9% 0.1986 -0.1527)
OKLCH	oklch(63.9% 0.251 322.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.0131, 22.2819, 74.0773)
Luminance	0.2228 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CE40E2 #54E240

analogous

#7D40E2 #CE40E2 #E240A5

triadic

#CE40E2 #E2CE40 #40E2CE

tetradic

#CE40E2 #E27D40 #54E240 #40A5E2

square

#CE40E2 #E27D40 #54E240 #40A5E2

split-complementary

#CE40E2 #A5E240 #40E27D

monochromatic

#821692 #B21EC7 #CE40E2 #DC75EA #E9AAF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.85

#CE40E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.46

#CE40E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CE40E2

5.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CE40E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CE40E2	1.00	3.85	5.46	5.46
#FFFFFF	3.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0078E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5887DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D15E8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ce40e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 64, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.251 322.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e182ec',
    500: '#ce40e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ce40e2;
$custom-light: #e182ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ce40e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 292.593,
    "s": 73.636,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63896,
    "c": 0.25052,
    "h": 322.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.2228
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CE40E2

secondary

#A6E09E

accent

#F0384E

background

#FEF8FE

surface

#FDF0FD

border

#D5CBD5

text

#160C16

muted

#847D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #CE40E2

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

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