#DB42D5#DB42D5

#DB42D5 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.244 H 329.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DB42D5
RGB	rgb(219, 66, 213)
HSL	hsl(302, 68%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(302, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.9%, 2.7%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.85, 74.65, -44.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.85, 87.03, 329.06°)
OKLab	oklab(65.15% 0.2107 -0.1235)
OKLCH	oklch(65.15% 0.244 329.6)
XYZ	xyz(43.1716, 23.7638, 65.2510)
Luminance	0.2376 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DB42D5 #42DB48

analogous

#9442DB #DB42D5 #DB4288

triadic

#DB42D5 #D5DB42 #42D5DB

tetradic

#DB42D5 #DB9442 #42DB48 #4288DB

square

#DB42D5 #DB9442 #42DB48 #4288DB

split-complementary

#DB42D5 #88DB42 #42DB94

monochromatic

#891A84 #BC24B6 #DB42D5 #E575E0 #EFA9EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.65

#DB42D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.75

#DB42D5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DB42D5

5.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DB42D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DB42D5	1.00	3.65	5.75	5.75
#FFFFFF	3.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2F79D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E8DD1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E35687

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #db42d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 66, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.244 329.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ea84e2',
    500: '#db42d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #db42d5;
$custom-light: #ea84e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#db42d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 302.353,
    "s": 68,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65151,
    "c": 0.24426,
    "h": 329.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23761
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DB42D5

secondary

#9DDC9F

accent

#EB443D

background

#FEF8FD

surface

#FDF0FB

border

#D5CBD4

text

#170C15

muted

#857D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #DB42D5

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

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