#DC42AE#DC42AE

#DC42AE is a light, highly saturated pink. Relative luminance 0.222; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.218 H 342.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC42AE
RGB	rgb(220, 66, 174)
HSL	hsl(318, 69%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(318, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70%, 20.9%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.21, 69.25, -24.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.21, 73.57, 340.27°)
OKLab	oklab(63.41% 0.2078 -0.0666)
OKLCH	oklch(63.41% 0.218 342.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.1047, 22.1720, 42.2564)
Luminance	0.2217 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC42AE #42DC70

analogous

#BD42DC #DC42AE #DC4261

triadic

#DC42AE #AEDC42 #42AEDC

tetradic

#DC42AE #DCBD42 #42DC70 #4261DC

square

#DC42AE #DCBD42 #42DC70 #4261DC

split-complementary

#DC42AE #61DC42 #42DCBD

monochromatic

#8A1A68 #BE2390 #DC42AE #E676C4 #EFA9DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.86

#DC42AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.43

#DC42AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DC42AE

5.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC42AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC42AE	1.00	3.86	5.43	5.43
#FFFFFF	3.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5072B1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F8BAA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E94472

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc42ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 66, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.218 342.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eb83c6',
    500: '#dc42ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc42ae;
$custom-light: #eb83c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc42ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 317.922,
    "s": 68.75,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63408,
    "c": 0.21816,
    "h": 342.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.22168
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC42AE

secondary

#9DDDB0

accent

#EC713C

background

#FEF8FC

surface

#FDF0F8

border

#D5CBD1

text

#170C13

muted

#857D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC42AE

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

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