#DB42C4#DB42C4

#DB42C4 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.232 H 334.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DB42C4
RGB	rgb(219, 66, 196)
HSL	hsl(309, 68%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(309, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.9%, 10.5%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.02, 72.07, -36.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.02, 80.71, 333.25°)
OKLab	oklab(64.28% 0.2097 -0.0993)
OKLCH	oklch(64.28% 0.232 334.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.1259, 22.9455, 54.4768)
Luminance	0.2294 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DB42C4 #42DB59

analogous

#A642DB #DB42C4 #DB4277

triadic

#DB42C4 #C4DB42 #42C4DB

tetradic

#DB42C4 #DBA642 #42DB59 #4277DB

square

#DB42C4 #DBA642 #42DB59 #4277DB

split-complementary

#DB42C4 #77DB42 #42DBA6

monochromatic

#891A78 #BC24A5 #DB42C4 #E575D4 #EFA9E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.76

#DB42C4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.59

#DB42C4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DB42C4

5.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DB42C4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DB42C4	1.00	3.76	5.59	5.59
#FFFFFF	3.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4175C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#768CC0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E54E7E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #db42c4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 66, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.232 334.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ea83d6',
    500: '#db42c4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #db42c4;
$custom-light: #ea83d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#db42c4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 309.02,
    "s": 68,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64279,
    "c": 0.23202,
    "h": 334.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.22942
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DB42C4

secondary

#9DDCA6

accent

#EB573D

background

#FEF8FD

surface

#FDF0FA

border

#D5CBD3

text

#170C14

muted

#857D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #DB42C4

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

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