#CE42CD#CE42CD

#CE42CD is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.232 H 328.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CE42CD
RGB	rgb(206, 66, 205)
HSL	hsl(300, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(300, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68%, 0.5%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.42, 70.49, -44.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.42, 83.18, 327.94°)
OKLab	oklab(62.87% 0.197 -0.1221)
OKLCH	oklch(62.87% 0.232 328.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.4208, 21.4287, 59.8583)
Luminance	0.2143 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CE42CD #42CE43

analogous

#8942CE #CE42CD #CE4287

triadic

#CE42CD #CDCE42 #42CDCE

tetradic

#CE42CD #CE8942 #42CE43 #4287CE

square

#CE42CD #CE8942 #42CE43 #4287CE

split-complementary

#CE42CD #87CE42 #42CE89

monochromatic

#771F76 #A72BA7 #CE42CD #DB73DA #E7A3E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.97

#CE42CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.29

#CE42CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CE42CD

5.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CE42CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CE42CD	1.00	3.97	5.29	5.29
#FFFFFF	3.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2D74D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6786C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D45683

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ce42cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 66, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.232 328.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e182dd',
    500: '#ce42cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ce42cd;
$custom-light: #e182dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ce42cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300.429,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62873,
    "c": 0.23178,
    "h": 328.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21426
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CE42CD

secondary

#98D498

accent

#E24746

background

#FEF8FD

surface

#FCF0FB

border

#D5CBD4

text

#160B15

muted

#847C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #CE42CD

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

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