#CE42BE#CE42BE

#CE42BE is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.207; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.220 H 332.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CE42BE
RGB	rgb(206, 66, 190)
HSL	hsl(307, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(307, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68%, 7.8%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.66, 68.12, -36.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.66, 77.38, 331.68°)
OKLab	oklab(62.09% 0.1962 -0.1006)
OKLCH	oklch(62.09% 0.22 332.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.6962, 20.7389, 50.7755)
Luminance	0.2074 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CE42BE #42CE52

analogous

#9842CE #CE42BE #CE4278

triadic

#CE42BE #BECE42 #42BECE

tetradic

#CE42BE #CE9842 #42CE52 #4278CE

square

#CE42BE #CE9842 #42CE52 #4278CE

split-complementary

#CE42BE #78CE42 #42CE98

monochromatic

#771F6D #A72B99 #CE42BE #DB73CF #E7A3DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.08

#CE42BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.15

#CE42BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CE42BE

5.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CE42BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CE42BE	1.00	4.08	5.15	5.15
#FFFFFF	4.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3C71C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E85BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D74F7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ce42be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 66, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.220 332.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e182d2',
    500: '#ce42be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ce42be;
$custom-light: #e182d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ce42be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 306.857,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62085,
    "c": 0.22047,
    "h": 332.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.20736
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CE42BE

secondary

#98D49F

accent

#E25846

background

#FEF8FC

surface

#FCF0F9

border

#D5CBD2

text

#160B14

muted

#847C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #CE42BE

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

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