#CF42D8#CF42D8

#CF42D8 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.221; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.241 H 325.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CF42D8
RGB	rgb(207, 66, 216)
HSL	hsl(296, 66%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(296, 69%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.2%, 69.4%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.16, 72.53, -49.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.16, 87.67, 325.82°)
OKLab	oklab(63.63% 0.1982 -0.1369)
OKLCH	oklch(63.63% 0.241 325.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.0741, 22.1223, 67.1117)
Luminance	0.2212 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CF42D8 #4BD842

analogous

#8442D8 #CF42D8 #D84296

triadic

#CF42D8 #D8CF42 #42D8CF

tetradic

#CF42D8 #D88442 #4BD842 #4296D8

square

#CF42D8 #D88442 #4BD842 #4296D8

split-complementary

#CF42D8 #96D842 #42D884

monochromatic

#7E1B84 #AE26B7 #CF42D8 #DC75E2 #E9A7ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.87

#CF42D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.42

#CF42D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CF42D8

5.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CF42D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CF42D8	1.00	3.87	5.42	5.42
#FFFFFF	3.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1C76DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6187D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D45A89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cf42d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(207, 66, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.241 325.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e283e5',
    500: '#cf42d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cf42d8;
$custom-light: #e283e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cf42d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 207,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 296.4,
    "s": 65.789,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63625,
    "c": 0.24084,
    "h": 325.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.2212
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CF42D8

secondary

#9FDA9C

accent

#E93F49

background

#FEF8FE

surface

#FDF0FC

border

#D5CBD5

text

#160C16

muted

#847D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #CF42D8

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

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