#DB42DD#DB42DD

#DB42DD is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.250 H 327.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DB42DD
RGB	rgb(219, 66, 221)
HSL	hsl(299, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(299, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.9%, 70.1%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.27, 75.91, -48.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.27, 90.14, 327.36°)
OKLab	oklab(65.59% 0.2109 -0.1347)
OKLCH	oklch(65.59% 0.25 327.4)
XYZ	xyz(44.2121, 24.1801, 70.7312)
Luminance	0.2418 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DB42DD #44DD42

analogous

#8E42DD #DB42DD #DD4292

triadic

#DB42DD #DDDB42 #42DDDB

tetradic

#DB42DD #DD8E42 #44DD42 #4292DD

square

#DB42DD #DD8E42 #44DD42 #4292DD

split-complementary

#DB42DD #92DD42 #42DD8E

monochromatic

#8A198C #BD22BF #DB42DD #E576E6 #EFAAF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.60

#DB42DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.84

#DB42DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DB42DD

5.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DB42DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DB42DD	1.00	3.60	5.84	5.84
#FFFFFF	3.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#237AE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#698ED9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E15A8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #db42dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 66, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.250 327.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ea84e8',
    500: '#db42dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #db42dd;
$custom-light: #ea84e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#db42dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 299.226,
    "s": 69.507,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65585,
    "c": 0.25023,
    "h": 327.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.24177
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DB42DD

secondary

#9EDD9D

accent

#EC3B3E

background

#FEF8FE

surface

#FDF0FD

border

#D5CBD5

text

#170C16

muted

#857D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #DB42DD

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

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