#CE42B8#CE42B8

#CE42B8 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.216 H 334.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CE42B8
RGB	rgb(206, 66, 184)
HSL	hsl(309, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(309, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68%, 10.7%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.38, 67.21, -33.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.38, 75.18, 333.39°)
OKLab	oklab(61.79% 0.1956 -0.0919)
OKLCH	oklch(61.79% 0.216 334.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.0539, 20.4820, 47.3927)
Luminance	0.2048 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CE42B8 #42CE58

analogous

#9E42CE #CE42B8 #CE4272

triadic

#CE42B8 #B8CE42 #42B8CE

tetradic

#CE42B8 #CE9E42 #42CE58 #4272CE

square

#CE42B8 #CE9E42 #42CE58 #4272CE

split-complementary

#CE42B8 #72CE42 #42CE9E

monochromatic

#771F69 #A72B94 #CE42B8 #DB73CA #E7A3DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.12

#CE42B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.10

#CE42B8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CE42B8

5.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CE42B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CE42B8	1.00	4.12	5.10	5.10
#FFFFFF	4.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4170BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7184B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D84C78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ce42b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 66, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.216 334.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e181cd',
    500: '#ce42b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ce42b8;
$custom-light: #e181cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ce42b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 309.429,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61787,
    "c": 0.21612,
    "h": 334.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.20479
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CE42B8

secondary

#98D4A1

accent

#E25E46

background

#FEF8FC

surface

#FCF0F9

border

#D5CBD2

text

#160B13

muted

#847C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #CE42B8

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

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