#CE42C3#CE42C3

#CE42C3 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.210; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.224 H 331.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CE42C3
RGB	rgb(206, 66, 195)
HSL	hsl(305, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(305, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68%, 5.3%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.91, 68.90, -39.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.91, 79.28, 330.35°)
OKLab	oklab(62.34% 0.1965 -0.1078)
OKLCH	oklch(62.34% 0.224 331.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.2521, 20.9612, 53.7031)
Luminance	0.2096 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CE42C3 #42CE4D

analogous

#9342CE #CE42C3 #CE427D

triadic

#CE42C3 #C3CE42 #42C3CE

tetradic

#CE42C3 #CE9342 #42CE4D #427DCE

square

#CE42C3 #CE9342 #42CE4D #427DCE

split-complementary

#CE42C3 #7DCE42 #42CE93

monochromatic

#771F70 #A72B9E #CE42C3 #DB73D2 #E7A3E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.04

#CE42C3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.19

#CE42C3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CE42C3

5.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CE42C3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CE42C3	1.00	4.04	5.19	5.19
#FFFFFF	4.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3872C7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C85BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6517D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ce42c3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 66, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.224 331.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e182d5',
    500: '#ce42c3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ce42c3;
$custom-light: #e182d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ce42c3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 304.714,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62341,
    "c": 0.22418,
    "h": 331.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.20958
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CE42C3

secondary

#98D49D

accent

#E25246

background

#FEF8FD

surface

#FCF0FA

border

#D5CBD3

text

#160B14

muted

#847C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #CE42C3

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

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