#DC38FF#DC38FF

#DC38FF is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.286 H 319.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC38FF
RGB	rgb(220, 56, 255)
HSL	hsl(289, 100%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(289, 78%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.7%, 78%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.33, 84.76, -65.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.33, 107.38, 322.12°)
OKLab	oklab(67% 0.2179 -0.1852)
OKLCH	oklch(67% 0.286 319.6)
XYZ	xyz(48.9771, 25.2665, 96.8855)
Luminance	0.2526 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC38FF #5BFF38

analogous

#7838FF #DC38FF #FF38BF

triadic

#DC38FF #FFDC38 #38FFDC

tetradic

#DC38FF #FF7838 #5BFF38 #38BFFF

square

#DC38FF #FF7838 #5BFF38 #38BFFF

split-complementary

#DC38FF #BFFF38 #38FF78

monochromatic

#9B00BD #CE00FA #DC38FF #E775FF #F2B2FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.47

#DC38FF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.05

#DC38FF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DC38FF

6.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC38FF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC38FF	1.00	3.47	6.05	6.05
#FFFFFF	3.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007FFF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A8FFB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC649C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc38ff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 56, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.286 319.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ec81ff',
    500: '#dc38ff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc38ff;
$custom-light: #ec81ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc38ff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.447,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67001,
    "c": 0.286,
    "h": 319.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.25264
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC38FF

secondary

#B1EFA4

accent

#E60028

background

#FFF8FF

surface

#FEF0FF

border

#D6CBD7

text

#170C18

muted

#857D86

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC38FF

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

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