#DA42E2#DA42E2

#DA42E2 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.254 H 325.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DA42E2
RGB	rgb(218, 66, 226)
HSL	hsl(297, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(297, 71%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.5%, 70.8%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.38, 76.51, -51.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.38, 92.10, 326.18°)
OKLab	oklab(65.72% 0.2098 -0.1425)
OKLCH	oklch(65.72% 0.254 325.8)
XYZ	xyz(44.5882, 24.2958, 74.2778)
Luminance	0.2429 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DA42E2 #4AE242

analogous

#8A42E2 #DA42E2 #E2429A

triadic

#DA42E2 #E2DA42 #42E2DA

tetradic

#DA42E2 #E28A42 #4AE242 #429AE2

square

#DA42E2 #E28A42 #4AE242 #429AE2

split-complementary

#DA42E2 #9AE242 #42E28A

monochromatic

#8D1793 #C01FC8 #DA42E2 #E477EA #EFACF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.58

#DA42E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.86

#DA42E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DA42E2

5.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DA42E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DA42E2	1.00	3.58	5.86	5.86
#FFFFFF	3.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#177BE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#658EDE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF5C8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #da42e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 66, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.254 325.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e984ec',
    500: '#da42e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #da42e2;
$custom-light: #e984ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#da42e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 297,
    "s": 73.394,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65724,
    "c": 0.25358,
    "h": 325.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.24293
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DA42E2

secondary

#A3E09F

accent

#F03841

background

#FEF8FE

surface

#FDF0FD

border

#D5CBD5

text

#170C16

muted

#857D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #DA42E2

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

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