#CE42E2#CE42E2

#CE42E2 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.248 H 322.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CE42E2
RGB	rgb(206, 66, 226)
HSL	hsl(293, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(293, 71%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.8%, 70.8%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.57, 74.02, -54.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.57, 91.78, 323.75°)
OKLab	oklab(64.07% 0.1968 -0.1516)
OKLCH	oklch(64.07% 0.248 322.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.1279, 22.5116, 74.1156)
Luminance	0.2251 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CE42E2 #56E242

analogous

#7E42E2 #CE42E2 #E242A6

triadic

#CE42E2 #E2CE42 #42E2CE

tetradic

#CE42E2 #E27E42 #56E242 #42A6E2

square

#CE42E2 #E27E42 #56E242 #42A6E2

split-complementary

#CE42E2 #A6E242 #42E27E

monochromatic

#831793 #B31FC8 #CE42E2 #DC77EA #EAACF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.82

#CE42E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.50

#CE42E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CE42E2

5.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CE42E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CE42E2	1.00	3.82	5.50	5.50
#FFFFFF	3.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0078E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5988DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D15F8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ce42e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 66, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.248 322.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e183ec',
    500: '#ce42e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ce42e2;
$custom-light: #e183ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ce42e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 292.5,
    "s": 73.394,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64068,
    "c": 0.24837,
    "h": 322.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.22509
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CE42E2

secondary

#A8E09F

accent

#F0384F

background

#FEF8FE

surface

#FDF0FD

border

#D5CBD5

text

#160C16

muted

#847D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #CE42E2

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

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