#CE42D2#CE42D2

#CE42D2 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.236 H 326.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CE42D2
RGB	rgb(206, 66, 210)
HSL	hsl(298, 62%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(298, 69%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.9%, 68.6%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.68, 71.31, -46.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.68, 85.19, 326.84°)
OKLab	oklab(63.15% 0.1971 -0.1292)
OKLCH	oklch(63.15% 0.236 326.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.0340, 21.6740, 63.0878)
Luminance	0.2167 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CE42D2 #46D242

analogous

#8642D2 #CE42D2 #D2428E

triadic

#CE42D2 #D2CE42 #42D2CE

tetradic

#CE42D2 #D28642 #46D242 #428ED2

square

#CE42D2 #D28642 #46D242 #428ED2

split-complementary

#CE42D2 #8ED242 #42D286

monochromatic

#791E7C #AA29AD #CE42D2 #DB73DE #E8A5EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.94

#CE42D2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.33

#CE42D2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CE42D2

5.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CE42D2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CE42D2	1.00	3.94	5.33	5.33
#FFFFFF	3.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2675D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6486CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D45885

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ce42d2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 66, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.236 326.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e182e0',
    500: '#ce42d2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ce42d2;
$custom-light: #e182e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ce42d2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 298.333,
    "s": 61.538,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63148,
    "c": 0.23566,
    "h": 326.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21671
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CE42D2

secondary

#9BD799

accent

#E54348

background

#FEF8FD

surface

#FCF0FB

border

#D5CBD4

text

#160C15

muted

#847D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #CE42D2

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

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