#CF42C8#CF42C8

#CF42C8 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.213; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.228 H 330.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CF42C8
RGB	rgb(207, 66, 200)
HSL	hsl(303, 59%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(303, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.1%, 3.4%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.31, 69.92, -41.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.31, 81.27, 329.34°)
OKLab	oklab(62.75% 0.1979 -0.1142)
OKLCH	oklch(62.75% 0.228 330)
XYZ	xyz(38.1054, 21.3348, 56.7434)
Luminance	0.2133 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CF42C8 #42CF49

analogous

#8F42CF #CF42C8 #CF4281

triadic

#CF42C8 #C8CF42 #42C8CF

tetradic

#CF42C8 #CF8F42 #42CF49 #4281CF

square

#CF42C8 #CF8F42 #42CF49 #4281CF

split-complementary

#CF42C8 #81CF42 #42CF8F

monochromatic

#781F74 #A92BA3 #CF42C8 #DB73D6 #E8A4E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.99

#CF42C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.27

#CF42C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CF42C8

5.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CF42C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CF42C8	1.00	3.99	5.27	5.27
#FFFFFF	3.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3473CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A86C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D65380

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cf42c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(207, 66, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.228 330.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e182d9',
    500: '#cf42c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cf42c8;
$custom-light: #e182d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cf42c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 207,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 302.979,
    "s": 59.494,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62747,
    "c": 0.22847,
    "h": 330
  },
  "luminance": 0.21332
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CF42C8

secondary

#98D59B

accent

#E34D45

background

#FEF8FD

surface

#FCF0FA

border

#D5CBD3

text

#160B15

muted

#847C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #CF42C8

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

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