#DC40CD#DC40CD

#DC40CD is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.241 H 332.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC40CD
RGB	rgb(220, 64, 205)
HSL	hsl(306, 69%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(306, 71%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.9%, 6.8%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.37, 74.30, -40.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.37, 84.83, 331.16°)
OKLab	oklab(64.71% 0.2133 -0.1124)
OKLCH	oklch(64.71% 0.241 332.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.3681, 23.2937, 60.0104)
Luminance	0.2329 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC40CD #40DC4F

analogous

#9D40DC #DC40CD #DC407F

triadic

#DC40CD #CDDC40 #40CDDC

tetradic

#DC40CD #DC9D40 #40DC4F #407FDC

square

#DC40CD #DC9D40 #40DC4F #407FDC

split-complementary

#DC40CD #7FDC40 #40DC9D

monochromatic

#89197E #BC23AE #DC40CD #E574DB #EFA7E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.71

#DC40CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.66

#DC40CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DC40CD

5.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC40CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC40CD	1.00	3.71	5.66	5.66
#FFFFFF	3.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3777D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#728CC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E55182

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc40cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 64, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.241 332.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eb83dd',
    500: '#dc40cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc40cd;
$custom-light: #eb83dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc40cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 305.769,
    "s": 69.027,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64708,
    "c": 0.24113,
    "h": 332.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.2329
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC40CD

secondary

#9BDCA2

accent

#EC4D3C

background

#FEF8FD

surface

#FDF0FB

border

#D5CBD4

text

#170C15

muted

#857D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC40CD

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

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