#CF42D9#CF42D9

#CF42D9 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.222; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.242 H 325.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CF42D9
RGB	rgb(207, 66, 217)
HSL	hsl(296, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(296, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.6%, 69.6%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.21, 72.69, -49.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.21, 88.08, 325.63°)
OKLab	oklab(63.68% 0.1981 -0.1383)
OKLCH	oklch(63.68% 0.242 325.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.2038, 22.1741, 67.7946)
Luminance	0.2217 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CF42D9 #4CD942

analogous

#8342D9 #CF42D9 #D94298

triadic

#CF42D9 #D9CF42 #42D9CF

tetradic

#CF42D9 #D98342 #4CD942 #4298D9

square

#CF42D9 #D98342 #4CD942 #4298D9

split-complementary

#CF42D9 #98D942 #42D983

monochromatic

#7F1B86 #AF25B9 #CF42D9 #DC75E3 #E9A8ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.86

#CF42D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.43

#CF42D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CF42D9

5.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CF42D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CF42D9	1.00	3.86	5.43	5.43
#FFFFFF	3.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1A77DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6088D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D45B89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cf42d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(207, 66, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.242 325.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e283e5',
    500: '#cf42d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cf42d9;
$custom-light: #e283e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cf42d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 207,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 296.026,
    "s": 66.52,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63682,
    "c": 0.24163,
    "h": 325.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.22172
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CF42D9

secondary

#A0DB9C

accent

#E93E4A

background

#FEF8FE

surface

#FDF0FC

border

#D5CBD5

text

#160C16

muted

#847D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #CF42D9

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

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