#CE42E5#CE42E5

#CE42E5 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.251 H 321.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CE42E5
RGB	rgb(206, 66, 229)
HSL	hsl(292, 76%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(292, 71%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(10%, 71.2%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.74, 74.54, -55.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.74, 93.04, 323.24°)
OKLab	oklab(64.25% 0.1966 -0.1557)
OKLCH	oklch(64.25% 0.251 321.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.5431, 22.6777, 76.3026)
Luminance	0.2268 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CE42E5 #59E542

analogous

#7D42E5 #CE42E5 #E542AA

triadic

#CE42E5 #E5CE42 #42E5CE

tetradic

#CE42E5 #E57D42 #59E542 #42AAE5

square

#CE42E5 #E57D42 #59E542 #42AAE5

split-complementary

#CE42E5 #AAE542 #42E57D

monochromatic

#851598 #B51CCE #CE42E5 #DC78EC #EAAEF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.79

#CE42E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.53

#CE42E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CE42E5

5.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CE42E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CE42E5	1.00	3.79	5.53	5.53
#FFFFFF	3.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0079EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5788E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D06090

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ce42e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 66, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.251 321.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e183ee',
    500: '#ce42e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ce42e5;
$custom-light: #e183ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ce42e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.534,
    "s": 75.814,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64247,
    "c": 0.2508,
    "h": 321.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.22675
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CE42E5

secondary

#AAE2A1

accent

#F23550

background

#FEF8FE

surface

#FDF0FD

border

#D5CBD5

text

#160C16

muted

#847D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #CE42E5

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

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