#CE42C4#CE42C4

#CE42C4 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.210; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.225 H 330.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CE42C4
RGB	rgb(206, 66, 196)
HSL	hsl(304, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(304, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68%, 4.9%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.96, 69.05, -39.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.96, 79.66, 330.10°)
OKLab	oklab(62.39% 0.1966 -0.1093)
OKLCH	oklch(62.39% 0.225 330.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.3655, 21.0066, 54.3005)
Luminance	0.2100 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CE42C4 #42CE4C

analogous

#9242CE #CE42C4 #CE427E

triadic

#CE42C4 #C4CE42 #42C4CE

tetradic

#CE42C4 #CE9242 #42CE4C #427ECE

square

#CE42C4 #CE9242 #42CE4C #427ECE

split-complementary

#CE42C4 #7ECE42 #42CE92

monochromatic

#771F71 #A72B9F #CE42C4 #DB73D3 #E7A3E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.04

#CE42C4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.20

#CE42C4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CE42C4

5.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CE42C4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CE42C4	1.00	4.04	5.20	5.20
#FFFFFF	4.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3772C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B85C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6527E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ce42c4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 66, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.225 330.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e182d6',
    500: '#ce42c4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ce42c4;
$custom-light: #e182d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ce42c4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 304.286,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62393,
    "c": 0.22493,
    "h": 330.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21004
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CE42C4

secondary

#98D49C

accent

#E25146

background

#FEF8FD

surface

#FCF0FA

border

#D5CBD3

text

#160B14

muted

#847C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #CE42C4

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

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