#DA42C5#DA42C5

#DA42C5 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.232 H 334.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DA42C5
RGB	rgb(218, 66, 197)
HSL	hsl(308, 67%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(308, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.7%, 9.6%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.90, 71.99, -37.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.90, 80.98, 332.74°)
OKLab	oklab(64.18% 0.2088 -0.1015)
OKLCH	oklch(64.18% 0.232 334.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.9400, 22.8365, 55.0642)
Luminance	0.2283 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DA42C5 #42DA57

analogous

#A342DA #DA42C5 #DA4279

triadic

#DA42C5 #C5DA42 #42C5DA

tetradic

#DA42C5 #DAA342 #42DA57 #4279DA

square

#DA42C5 #DAA342 #42DA57 #4279DA

split-complementary

#DA42C5 #79DA42 #42DAA3

monochromatic

#871A78 #BA24A6 #DA42C5 #E475D5 #EEA8E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.77

#DA42C5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.57

#DA42C5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DA42C5

5.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DA42C5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DA42C5	1.00	3.77	5.57	5.57
#FFFFFF	3.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F75C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#758BC1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E44F7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #da42c5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 66, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.232 334.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e983d7',
    500: '#da42c5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #da42c5;
$custom-light: #e983d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#da42c5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 308.289,
    "s": 67.257,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64182,
    "c": 0.23217,
    "h": 334.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.22833
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DA42C5

secondary

#9CDBA5

accent

#EA553E

background

#FEF8FD

surface

#FDF0FA

border

#D5CBD3

text

#170C14

muted

#857D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #DA42C5

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

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