#CE42C8#CE42C8

#CE42C8 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.228 H 329.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#CE42C8
RGBrgb(206, 66, 200)
HSLhsl(303, 59%, 53%)
HSVhsv(303, 68%, 81%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 68%, 2.9%, 19.2%)
CIE-LABlab(53.16, 69.69, -41.70)
CIE-LCHlch(53.16, 81.21, 329.11°)
OKLaboklab(62.6% 0.1968 -0.115)
OKLCHoklch(62.6% 0.228 329.7)
XYZxyz(37.8269, 21.1912, 56.7304)
Luminance0.2119 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familypurple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#CE42C8 #42CE48
analogous
#8E42CE #CE42C8 #CE4282
triadic
#CE42C8 #C8CE42 #42C8CE
tetradic
#CE42C8 #CE8E42 #42CE48 #4282CE
square
#CE42C8 #CE8E42 #42CE48 #4282CE
split-complementary
#CE42C8 #82CE42 #42CE8E
monochromatic
#771F73 #A72BA2 #CE42C8 #DB73D6 #E7A3E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.01
#CE42C8 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.24
#CE42C8 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CE42C8
5.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##CE42C8#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##CE42C81.004.015.245.24
#FFFFFF4.011.0021.0021.00
#0000005.2421.001.001.00
##0000005.2421.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#3373CC
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#6986C4
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#D55380
Achromatopsia (no color)
#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #ce42c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 66, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.228 329.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e182d9',
    500: '#ce42c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #ce42c8;
$custom-light: #e182d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#ce42c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 302.571,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62604,
    "c": 0.22795,
    "h": 329.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.21188
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#CE42C8
secondary
#98D49A
accent
#E24C46
background
#FEF8FD
surface
#FCF0FA
border
#D5CBD3
text
#160B15
muted
#847C83

Preview Lab

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#CE42C8 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva