#CE42C9#CE42C9

#CE42C9 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.229 H 329.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CE42C9
RGB	rgb(206, 66, 201)
HSL	hsl(302, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(302, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68%, 2.4%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.21, 69.85, -42.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.21, 81.60, 328.87°)
OKLab	oklab(62.66% 0.1969 -0.1164)
OKLCH	oklch(62.66% 0.229 329.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.9441, 21.2381, 57.3479)
Luminance	0.2124 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CE42C9 #42CE47

analogous

#8D42CE #CE42C9 #CE4283

triadic

#CE42C9 #C9CE42 #42C9CE

tetradic

#CE42C9 #CE8D42 #42CE47 #4283CE

square

#CE42C9 #CE8D42 #42CE47 #4283CE

split-complementary

#CE42C9 #83CE42 #42CE8D

monochromatic

#771F74 #A72BA3 #CE42C9 #DB73D7 #E7A3E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.00

#CE42C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.25

#CE42C9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CE42C9

5.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CE42C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CE42C9	1.00	4.00	5.25	5.25
#FFFFFF	4.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3273CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6986C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D55481

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ce42c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 66, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.229 329.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e182da',
    500: '#ce42c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ce42c9;
$custom-light: #e182da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ce42c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 302.143,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62657,
    "c": 0.22871,
    "h": 329.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.21235
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CE42C9

secondary

#98D49A

accent

#E24B46

background

#FEF8FD

surface

#FCF0FB

border

#D5CBD4

text

#160B15

muted

#847C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #CE42C9

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

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