#CE42B9#CE42B9

#CE42B9 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.217 H 334.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CE42B9
RGB	rgb(206, 66, 185)
HSL	hsl(309, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(309, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68%, 10.2%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.42, 67.36, -34.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.42, 75.54, 333.09°)
OKLab	oklab(61.84% 0.1957 -0.0934)
OKLCH	oklch(61.84% 0.217 334.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.1591, 20.5240, 47.9467)
Luminance	0.2052 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CE42B9 #42CE57

analogous

#9D42CE #CE42B9 #CE4273

triadic

#CE42B9 #B9CE42 #42B9CE

tetradic

#CE42B9 #CE9D42 #42CE57 #4273CE

square

#CE42B9 #CE9D42 #42CE57 #4273CE

split-complementary

#CE42B9 #73CE42 #42CE9D

monochromatic

#771F6A #A72B95 #CE42B9 #DB73CB #E7A3DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.11

#CE42B9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.10

#CE42B9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CE42B9

5.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CE42B9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CE42B9	1.00	4.11	5.10	5.10
#FFFFFF	4.11	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)

#4070BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7084B6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D84D78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ce42b9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 66, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.217 334.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e181ce',
    500: '#ce42b9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ce42b9;
$custom-light: #e181ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ce42b9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 309,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61836,
    "c": 0.21684,
    "h": 334.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.20521
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CE42B9

secondary

#98D4A1

accent

#E25D46

background

#FEF8FC

surface

#FCF0F9

border

#D5CBD2

text

#160B13

muted

#847C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #CE42B9

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

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