#DB42C8#DB42C8

#DB42C8 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.235 H 333.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DB42C8
RGB	rgb(219, 66, 200)
HSL	hsl(307, 68%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(307, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.9%, 8.7%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.21, 72.66, -38.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.21, 82.15, 332.19°)
OKLab	oklab(64.48% 0.2101 -0.105)
OKLCH	oklch(64.48% 0.235 333.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.5872, 23.1301, 56.9066)
Luminance	0.2313 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DB42C8 #42DB55

analogous

#A142DB #DB42C8 #DB427B

triadic

#DB42C8 #C8DB42 #42C8DB

tetradic

#DB42C8 #DBA142 #42DB55 #427BDB

square

#DB42C8 #DBA142 #42DB55 #427BDB

split-complementary

#DB42C8 #7BDB42 #42DBA1

monochromatic

#891A7B #BC24A9 #DB42C8 #E575D7 #EFA9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.73

#DB42C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.63

#DB42C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DB42C8

5.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DB42C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DB42C8	1.00	3.73	5.63	5.63
#FFFFFF	3.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3D76CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#748CC4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E55080

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #db42c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 66, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.235 333.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ea83d9',
    500: '#db42c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #db42c8;
$custom-light: #ea83d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#db42c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 307.451,
    "s": 68,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64477,
    "c": 0.23484,
    "h": 333.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.23127
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DB42C8

secondary

#9DDCA5

accent

#EB533D

background

#FEF8FD

surface

#FDF0FA

border

#D5CBD3

text

#170C14

muted

#857D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #DB42C8

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

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