#CE42C2#CE42C2

#CE42C2 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.223 H 331.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CE42C2
RGB	rgb(206, 66, 194)
HSL	hsl(305, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(305, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68%, 5.8%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.86, 68.74, -38.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.86, 78.89, 330.61°)
OKLab	oklab(62.29% 0.1965 -0.1064)
OKLCH	oklch(62.29% 0.223 331.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.1394, 20.9162, 53.1096)
Luminance	0.2091 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CE42C2 #42CE4E

analogous

#9442CE #CE42C2 #CE427C

triadic

#CE42C2 #C2CE42 #42C2CE

tetradic

#CE42C2 #CE9442 #42CE4E #427CCE

square

#CE42C2 #CE9442 #42CE4E #427CCE

split-complementary

#CE42C2 #7CCE42 #42CE94

monochromatic

#771F6F #A72B9D #CE42C2 #DB73D2 #E7A3E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.05

#CE42C2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.18

#CE42C2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CE42C2

5.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CE42C2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CE42C2	1.00	4.05	5.18	5.18
#FFFFFF	4.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3972C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C85BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6517D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ce42c2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 66, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.223 331.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e182d5',
    500: '#ce42c2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ce42c2;
$custom-light: #e182d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ce42c2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 305.143,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6229,
    "c": 0.22343,
    "h": 331.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.20913
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CE42C2

secondary

#98D49D

accent

#E25346

background

#FEF8FD

surface

#FCF0FA

border

#D5CBD3

text

#160B14

muted

#847C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #CE42C2

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

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