#CE42C7#CE42C7

#CE42C7 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.211; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.227 H 330.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CE42C7
RGB	rgb(206, 66, 199)
HSL	hsl(303, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(303, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68%, 3.4%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.11, 69.53, -41.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.11, 80.82, 329.35°)
OKLab	oklab(62.55% 0.1968 -0.1136)
OKLCH	oklch(62.55% 0.227 330)
XYZ	xyz(37.7104, 21.1446, 56.1169)
Luminance	0.2114 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CE42C7 #42CE49

analogous

#8F42CE #CE42C7 #CE4281

triadic

#CE42C7 #C7CE42 #42C7CE

tetradic

#CE42C7 #CE8F42 #42CE49 #4281CE

square

#CE42C7 #CE8F42 #42CE49 #4281CE

split-complementary

#CE42C7 #81CE42 #42CE8F

monochromatic

#771F72 #A72BA1 #CE42C7 #DB73D5 #E7A3E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.02

#CE42C7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.23

#CE42C7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CE42C7

5.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CE42C7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CE42C7	1.00	4.02	5.23	5.23
#FFFFFF	4.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3473CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A86C3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D55380

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ce42c7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 66, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.227 330.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e182d8',
    500: '#ce42c7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ce42c7;
$custom-light: #e182d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ce42c7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 303,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62551,
    "c": 0.22719,
    "h": 330
  },
  "luminance": 0.21142
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CE42C7

secondary

#98D49B

accent

#E24E46

background

#FEF8FD

surface

#FCF0FA

border

#D5CBD3

text

#160B14

muted

#847C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #CE42C7

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

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