#DB42DB#DB42DB

#DB42DB is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.249 H 328.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DB42DB
RGB	rgb(219, 66, 219)
HSL	hsl(300, 68%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(300, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.9%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.16, 75.59, -47.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.16, 89.36, 327.77°)
OKLab	oklab(65.48% 0.2109 -0.132)
OKLCH	oklch(65.48% 0.249 328)
XYZ	xyz(43.9473, 24.0741, 69.3362)
Luminance	0.2407 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DB42DB #42DB42

analogous

#8E42DB #DB42DB #DB428E

triadic

#DB42DB #DBDB42 #42DBDB

tetradic

#DB42DB #DB8E42 #42DB42 #428EDB

square

#DB42DB #DB8E42 #42DB42 #428EDB

split-complementary

#DB42DB #8EDB42 #42DB8E

monochromatic

#891A89 #BC24BC #DB42DB #E575E5 #EFA9EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.61

#DB42DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.81

#DB42DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DB42DB

5.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DB42DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DB42DB	1.00	3.61	5.81	5.81
#FFFFFF	3.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#277ADF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B8ED7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E2598B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #db42db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 66, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.249 328.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ea84e7',
    500: '#db42db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #db42db;
$custom-light: #ea84e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#db42db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 68,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65475,
    "c": 0.24873,
    "h": 328
  },
  "luminance": 0.24071
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DB42DB

secondary

#9DDC9D

accent

#EB3D3D

background

#FEF8FE

surface

#FDF0FC

border

#D5CBD5

text

#170C16

muted

#857D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #DB42DB

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

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