#DC40E2#DC40E2

#DC40E2 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.257 H 326.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC40E2
RGB	rgb(220, 64, 226)
HSL	hsl(298, 74%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(298, 72%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.7%, 71.7%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.46, 77.58, -51.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.46, 92.90, 326.62°)
OKLab	oklab(65.84% 0.2137 -0.142)
OKLCH	oklch(65.84% 0.257 326.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.0752, 24.3765, 74.2678)
Luminance	0.2437 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC40E2 #46E240

analogous

#8B40E2 #DC40E2 #E24097

triadic

#DC40E2 #E2DC40 #40E2DC

tetradic

#DC40E2 #E28B40 #46E240 #4097E2

square

#DC40E2 #E28B40 #46E240 #4097E2

split-complementary

#DC40E2 #97E240 #40E28B

monochromatic

#8D1692 #C01EC7 #DC40E2 #E675EA #EFAAF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.57

#DC40E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.87

#DC40E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DC40E2

5.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC40E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC40E2	1.00	3.57	5.87	5.87
#FFFFFF	3.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#147BE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#668EDE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E25B8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc40e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 64, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.257 326.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eb84ec',
    500: '#dc40e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc40e2;
$custom-light: #eb84ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc40e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 297.778,
    "s": 73.636,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65841,
    "c": 0.25656,
    "h": 326.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.24373
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC40E2

secondary

#A0E09E

accent

#F0383E

background

#FEF8FE

surface

#FDF0FD

border

#D5CBD5

text

#170C16

muted

#857D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC40E2

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

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