#CE55E6#CE55E6

#CE55E6 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.229 H 320.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CE55E6
RGB	rgb(206, 85, 230)
HSL	hsl(290, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(290, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.4%, 63%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.40, 67.41, -52.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.40, 85.14, 322.35°)
OKLab	oklab(66.18% 0.1769 -0.1451)
OKLCH	oklch(66.18% 0.229 320.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.9833, 25.3341, 77.4734)
Luminance	0.2533 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CE55E6 #6DE655

analogous

#8655E6 #CE55E6 #E655B6

triadic

#CE55E6 #E6CE55 #55E6CE

tetradic

#CE55E6 #E68655 #6DE655 #55B6E6

square

#CE55E6 #E68655 #6DE655 #55B6E6

split-complementary

#CE55E6 #B6E655 #55E686

monochromatic

#9019A8 #BE21DD #CE55E6 #DD8AEE #EDC0F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.46

#CE55E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.07

#CE55E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CE55E6

6.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CE55E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CE55E6	1.00	3.46	6.07	6.07
#FFFFFF	3.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2E81EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#638EE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF6D96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ce55e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 85, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.229 320.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e08cee',
    500: '#ce55e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ce55e6;
$custom-light: #e08cee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ce55e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.069,
    "s": 74.359,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66176,
    "c": 0.22881,
    "h": 320.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25332
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CE55E6

secondary

#B9E6B1

accent

#D60F30

background

#FEF9FE

surface

#FCF1FD

border

#D5CBD5

text

#160D16

muted

#847E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #CE55E6

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

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