#DB42C3#DB42C3

#DB42C3 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.231 H 335.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DB42C3
RGB	rgb(219, 66, 195)
HSL	hsl(309, 68%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(309, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.9%, 11%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.97, 71.93, -35.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.97, 80.36, 333.52°)
OKLab	oklab(64.23% 0.2096 -0.0978)
OKLCH	oklch(64.23% 0.231 335)
XYZ	xyz(41.0124, 22.9002, 53.8793)
Luminance	0.2290 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DB42C3 #42DB5A

analogous

#A642DB #DB42C3 #DB4276

triadic

#DB42C3 #C3DB42 #42C3DB

tetradic

#DB42C3 #DBA642 #42DB5A #4276DB

square

#DB42C3 #DBA642 #42DB5A #4276DB

split-complementary

#DB42C3 #76DB42 #42DBA6

monochromatic

#891A77 #BC24A4 #DB42C3 #E575D3 #EFA9E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.76

#DB42C3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.58

#DB42C3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DB42C3

5.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DB42C3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DB42C3	1.00	3.76	5.58	5.58
#FFFFFF	3.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4175C7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#768CBF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E64E7E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #db42c3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 66, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.231 335.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ea83d5',
    500: '#db42c3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #db42c3;
$custom-light: #ea83d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#db42c3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 309.412,
    "s": 68,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64229,
    "c": 0.23133,
    "h": 335
  },
  "luminance": 0.22897
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DB42C3

secondary

#9DDCA7

accent

#EB583D

background

#FEF8FD

surface

#FDF0FA

border

#D5CBD3

text

#170C14

muted

#857D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #DB42C3

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

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