#DA42C4#DA42C4

#DA42C4 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.231 H 334.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DA42C4
RGB	rgb(218, 66, 196)
HSL	hsl(309, 67%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(309, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.7%, 10.1%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.86, 71.84, -36.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.86, 80.62, 333.01°)
OKLab	oklab(64.13% 0.2087 -0.1)
OKLCH	oklch(64.13% 0.231 334.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.8258, 22.7908, 54.4627)
Luminance	0.2279 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DA42C4 #42DA58

analogous

#A442DA #DA42C4 #DA4278

triadic

#DA42C4 #C4DA42 #42C4DA

tetradic

#DA42C4 #DAA442 #42DA58 #4278DA

square

#DA42C4 #DAA442 #42DA58 #4278DA

split-complementary

#DA42C4 #78DA42 #42DAA4

monochromatic

#871A77 #BA24A5 #DA42C4 #E475D4 #EEA8E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.78

#DA42C4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.56

#DA42C4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DA42C4

5.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DA42C4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DA42C4	1.00	3.78	5.56	5.56
#FFFFFF	3.78	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)

#4075C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#758BC0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E44F7E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #da42c4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 66, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.231 334.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e983d6',
    500: '#da42c4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #da42c4;
$custom-light: #e983d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#da42c4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 308.684,
    "s": 67.257,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64132,
    "c": 0.23147,
    "h": 334.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.22787
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DA42C4

secondary

#9CDBA5

accent

#EA573E

background

#FEF8FD

surface

#FDF0FA

border

#D5CBD3

text

#170C14

muted

#857D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #DA42C4

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

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