#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
RGB	rgb(206, 66, 200)
HSL	hsl(303, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(303, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68%, 2.9%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.16, 69.69, -41.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.16, 81.21, 329.11°)
OKLab	oklab(62.6% 0.1968 -0.115)
OKLCH	oklch(62.6% 0.228 329.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.8269, 21.1912, 56.7304)
Luminance	0.2119 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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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
##CE42C8	1.00	4.01	5.24	5.24
#FFFFFF	4.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #CE42C8

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

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