#CE42C5#CE42C5

#CE42C5 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.210; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.226 H 330.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CE42C5
RGB	rgb(206, 66, 197)
HSL	hsl(304, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(304, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68%, 4.4%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.01, 69.21, -40.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.01, 80.04, 329.84°)
OKLab	oklab(62.45% 0.1967 -0.1107)
OKLCH	oklch(62.45% 0.226 330.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.4797, 21.0523, 54.9020)
Luminance	0.2105 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CE42C5 #42CE4B

analogous

#9142CE #CE42C5 #CE427F

triadic

#CE42C5 #C5CE42 #42C5CE

tetradic

#CE42C5 #CE9142 #42CE4B #427FCE

square

#CE42C5 #CE9142 #42CE4B #427FCE

split-complementary

#CE42C5 #7FCE42 #42CE91

monochromatic

#771F71 #A72B9F #CE42C5 #DB73D4 #E7A3E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.03

#CE42C5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.21

#CE42C5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CE42C5

5.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CE42C5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CE42C5	1.00	4.03	5.21	5.21
#FFFFFF	4.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3672C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B85C1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6527E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ce42c5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 66, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.226 330.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e182d7',
    500: '#ce42c5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ce42c5;
$custom-light: #e182d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ce42c5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 303.857,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62446,
    "c": 0.22568,
    "h": 330.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21049
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CE42C5

secondary

#98D49C

accent

#E25046

background

#FEF8FD

surface

#FCF0FA

border

#D5CBD3

text

#160B14

muted

#847C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #CE42C5

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

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