#CF42E5#CF42E5

#CF42E5 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.251 H 321.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CF42E5
RGB	rgb(207, 66, 229)
HSL	hsl(292, 76%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(292, 71%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.6%, 71.2%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.89, 74.75, -55.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.89, 93.06, 323.44°)
OKLab	oklab(64.38% 0.1977 -0.1549)
OKLCH	oklch(64.38% 0.251 321.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.8217, 22.8213, 76.3156)
Luminance	0.2282 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CF42E5 #58E542

analogous

#7D42E5 #CF42E5 #E542A9

triadic

#CF42E5 #E5CF42 #42E5CF

tetradic

#CF42E5 #E57D42 #58E542 #42A9E5

square

#CF42E5 #E57D42 #58E542 #42A9E5

split-complementary

#CF42E5 #A9E542 #42E57D

monochromatic

#861598 #B61CCE #CF42E5 #DD78EC #EAAEF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.77

#CF42E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.56

#CF42E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CF42E5

5.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CF42E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CF42E5	1.00	3.77	5.56	5.56
#FFFFFF	3.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0079EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5889E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D16090

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cf42e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(207, 66, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.251 321.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e283ee',
    500: '#cf42e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cf42e5;
$custom-light: #e283ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cf42e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 207,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.902,
    "s": 75.814,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64383,
    "c": 0.25121,
    "h": 321.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.22819
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CF42E5

secondary

#AAE2A1

accent

#F2354F

background

#FEF8FE

surface

#FDF0FD

border

#D5CBD5

text

#160C16

muted

#847D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #CF42E5

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

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