#DC42C3#DC42C3

#DC42C3 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.232 H 335.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC42C3
RGB	rgb(220, 66, 195)
HSL	hsl(310, 69%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(310, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70%, 11.4%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.13, 72.16, -35.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.13, 80.45, 333.76°)
OKLab	oklab(64.38% 0.2106 -0.0971)
OKLCH	oklch(64.38% 0.232 335.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.3142, 23.0558, 53.8935)
Luminance	0.2305 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC42C3 #42DC5B

analogous

#A842DC #DC42C3 #DC4276

triadic

#DC42C3 #C3DC42 #42C3DC

tetradic

#DC42C3 #DCA842 #42DC5B #4276DC

square

#DC42C3 #DCA842 #42DC5B #4276DC

split-complementary

#DC42C3 #76DC42 #42DCA8

monochromatic

#8A1A78 #BE23A5 #DC42C3 #E676D3 #EFA9E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.74

#DC42C3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.61

#DC42C3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DC42C3

5.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC42C3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC42C3	1.00	3.74	5.61	5.61
#FFFFFF	3.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4275C7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#778CBF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E74D7E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc42c3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 66, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.232 335.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eb83d5',
    500: '#dc42c3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc42c3;
$custom-light: #eb83d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc42c3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 309.74,
    "s": 68.75,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64376,
    "c": 0.23189,
    "h": 335.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.23052
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC42C3

secondary

#9DDDA7

accent

#EC593C

background

#FEF8FD

surface

#FDF0FA

border

#D5CBD3

text

#170C14

muted

#857D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC42C3

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

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