#CE42CC#CE42CC

#CE42CC is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.231 H 328.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CE42CC
RGB	rgb(206, 66, 204)
HSL	hsl(301, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(301, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68%, 1%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.36, 70.33, -43.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.36, 82.78, 328.16°)
OKLab	oklab(62.82% 0.197 -0.1207)
OKLCH	oklch(62.82% 0.231 328.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.3005, 21.3806, 59.2246)
Luminance	0.2138 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CE42CC #42CE44

analogous

#8A42CE #CE42CC #CE4286

triadic

#CE42CC #CCCE42 #42CCCE

tetradic

#CE42CC #CE8A42 #42CE44 #4286CE

square

#CE42CC #CE8A42 #42CE44 #4286CE

split-complementary

#CE42CC #86CE42 #42CE8A

monochromatic

#771F76 #A72BA6 #CE42CC #DB73D9 #E7A3E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.98

#CE42CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.28

#CE42CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CE42CC

5.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CE42CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CE42CC	1.00	3.98	5.28	5.28
#FFFFFF	3.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2E74D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6786C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D55582

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ce42cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 66, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.231 328.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e182dc',
    500: '#ce42cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ce42cc;
$custom-light: #e182dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ce42cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300.857,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62818,
    "c": 0.23101,
    "h": 328.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.21378
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CE42CC

secondary

#98D499

accent

#E24846

background

#FEF8FD

surface

#FCF0FB

border

#D5CBD4

text

#160B15

muted

#847C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #CE42CC

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

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