#CE42C1#CE42C1

#CE42C1 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.223 H 331.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CE42C1
RGB	rgb(206, 66, 193)
HSL	hsl(306, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(306, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68%, 6.3%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.81, 68.58, -38.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.81, 78.51, 330.87°)
OKLab	oklab(62.24% 0.1964 -0.1049)
OKLCH	oklch(62.24% 0.223 331.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.0275, 20.8714, 52.5201)
Luminance	0.2087 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CE42C1 #42CE4F

analogous

#9542CE #CE42C1 #CE427B

triadic

#CE42C1 #C1CE42 #42C1CE

tetradic

#CE42C1 #CE9542 #42CE4F #427BCE

square

#CE42C1 #CE9542 #42CE4F #427BCE

split-complementary

#CE42C1 #7BCE42 #42CE95

monochromatic

#771F6F #A72B9C #CE42C1 #DB73D1 #E7A3E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.06

#CE42C1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.17

#CE42C1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CE42C1

5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CE42C1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CE42C1	1.00	4.06	5.17	5.17
#FFFFFF	4.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3A71C5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D85BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6507C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ce42c1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 66, 193);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.223 331.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e182d4',
    500: '#ce42c1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ce42c1;
$custom-light: #e182d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ce42c1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 193
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 305.571,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62238,
    "c": 0.22268,
    "h": 331.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.20868
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CE42C1

secondary

#98D49D

accent

#E25446

background

#FEF8FD

surface

#FCF0FA

border

#D5CBD3

text

#160B14

muted

#847C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #CE42C1

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

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