#CE42FF#CE42FF

#CE42FF is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.272 H 315.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CE42FF
RGB	rgb(206, 66, 255)
HSL	hsl(284, 100%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(284, 74%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.2%, 74.1%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.33, 79.23, -67.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.33, 104.19, 319.51°)
OKLab	oklab(65.88% 0.1941 -0.1908)
OKLCH	oklch(65.88% 0.272 315.5)
XYZ	xyz(45.4489, 24.2400, 96.8731)
Luminance	0.2424 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CE42FF #73FF42

analogous

#6F42FF #CE42FF #FF42D2

triadic

#CE42FF #FFCE42 #42FFCE

tetradic

#CE42FF #FF6F42 #73FF42 #42D2FF

square

#CE42FF #FF6F42 #73FF42 #42D2FF

split-complementary

#CE42FF #D2FF42 #42FF6F

monochromatic

#9300C7 #BE05FF #CE42FF #DE7FFF #EEBCFF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#CE42FF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.85

#CE42FF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CE42FF

5.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CE42FF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CE42FF	1.00	3.59	5.85	5.85
#FFFFFF	3.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007FFF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3C8BFB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA6C9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ce42ff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 66, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.272 315.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e284ff',
    500: '#ce42ff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ce42ff;
$custom-light: #e284ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ce42ff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.444,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65882,
    "c": 0.27217,
    "h": 315.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.24238
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CE42FF

secondary

#BEF0AC

accent

#E6003C

background

#FEF8FF

surface

#FDF0FF

border

#D5CBD7

text

#160C18

muted

#847D86

Preview Lab

Preview with #CE42FF

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

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