#DC40C3#DC40C3

#DC40C3 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.234 H 335.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC40C3
RGB	rgb(220, 64, 195)
HSL	hsl(310, 69%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(310, 71%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.9%, 11.4%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.89, 72.83, -35.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.89, 81.21, 333.74°)
OKLab	oklab(64.21% 0.2126 -0.0981)
OKLCH	oklch(64.21% 0.234 335.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.1994, 22.8262, 53.8552)
Luminance	0.2282 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC40C3 #40DC59

analogous

#A740DC #DC40C3 #DC4075

triadic

#DC40C3 #C3DC40 #40C3DC

tetradic

#DC40C3 #DCA740 #40DC59 #4075DC

square

#DC40C3 #DCA740 #40DC59 #4075DC

split-complementary

#DC40C3 #75DC40 #40DCA7

monochromatic

#891977 #BC23A4 #DC40C3 #E574D3 #EFA7E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.77

#DC40C3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.56

#DC40C3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DC40C3

5.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC40C3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC40C3	1.00	3.77	5.56	5.56
#FFFFFF	3.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4075C7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#768CBF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E74C7D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc40c3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 64, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.234 335.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eb82d5',
    500: '#dc40c3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc40c3;
$custom-light: #eb82d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc40c3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 309.615,
    "s": 69.027,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64205,
    "c": 0.23413,
    "h": 335.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.22823
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC40C3

secondary

#9BDCA6

accent

#EC583C

background

#FEF8FD

surface

#FDF0FA

border

#D5CBD3

text

#170C14

muted

#857D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC40C3

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

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