#CE42D5#CE42D5

#CE42D5 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.238 H 325.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CE42D5
RGB	rgb(206, 66, 213)
HSL	hsl(297, 64%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(297, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.3%, 69%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.84, 71.81, -48.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.84, 86.40, 326.21°)
OKLab	oklab(63.32% 0.1971 -0.1334)
OKLCH	oklch(63.32% 0.238 325.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.4112, 21.8249, 65.0747)
Luminance	0.2182 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CE42D5 #49D542

analogous

#8542D5 #CE42D5 #D54292

triadic

#CE42D5 #D5CE42 #42D5CE

tetradic

#CE42D5 #D58542 #49D542 #4292D5

square

#CE42D5 #D58542 #49D542 #4292D5

split-complementary

#CE42D5 #92D542 #42D585

monochromatic

#7B1C80 #AC28B2 #CE42D5 #DB74E0 #E8A6EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.91

#CE42D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.36

#CE42D5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CE42D5

5.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CE42D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CE42D5	1.00	3.91	5.36	5.36
#FFFFFF	3.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2176D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6287D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D35987

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ce42d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 66, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.238 325.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e182e2',
    500: '#ce42d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ce42d5;
$custom-light: #e182e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ce42d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 297.143,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63316,
    "c": 0.23801,
    "h": 325.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21822
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CE42D5

secondary

#9DD89A

accent

#E74149

background

#FEF8FD

surface

#FCF0FB

border

#D5CBD4

text

#160C15

muted

#847D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #CE42D5

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

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