#CE42D4#CE42D4

#CE42D4 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.237 H 326.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CE42D4
RGB	rgb(206, 66, 212)
HSL	hsl(298, 63%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(298, 69%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.8%, 68.9%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.79, 71.64, -47.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.79, 86.00, 326.42°)
OKLab	oklab(63.26% 0.1971 -0.132)
OKLCH	oklch(63.26% 0.237 326.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.2847, 21.7743, 64.4083)
Luminance	0.2177 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CE42D4 #48D442

analogous

#8542D4 #CE42D4 #D44291

triadic

#CE42D4 #D4CE42 #42D4CE

tetradic

#CE42D4 #D48542 #48D442 #4291D4

square

#CE42D4 #D48542 #48D442 #4291D4

split-complementary

#CE42D4 #91D442 #42D485

monochromatic

#7B1D7F #AB28B1 #CE42D4 #DB74DF #E8A6EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.92

#CE42D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.35

#CE42D4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CE42D4

5.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CE42D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CE42D4	1.00	3.92	5.35	5.35
#FFFFFF	3.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2375D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6387D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D35987

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ce42d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 66, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.237 326.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e182e2',
    500: '#ce42d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ce42d4;
$custom-light: #e182e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ce42d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 297.534,
    "s": 62.931,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63259,
    "c": 0.23723,
    "h": 326.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21772
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CE42D4

secondary

#9DD89A

accent

#E64249

background

#FEF8FD

surface

#FCF0FB

border

#D5CBD4

text

#160C15

muted

#847D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #CE42D4

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

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