#DC42C4#DC42C4

#DC42C4 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.233 H 334.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC42C4
RGB	rgb(220, 66, 196)
HSL	hsl(309, 69%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(309, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70%, 10.9%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.18, 72.31, -36.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.18, 80.80, 333.49°)
OKLab	oklab(64.43% 0.2107 -0.0985)
OKLCH	oklch(64.43% 0.233 334.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.4277, 23.1012, 54.4909)
Luminance	0.2310 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC42C4 #42DC5A

analogous

#A742DC #DC42C4 #DC4277

triadic

#DC42C4 #C4DC42 #42C4DC

tetradic

#DC42C4 #DCA742 #42DC5A #4277DC

square

#DC42C4 #DCA742 #42DC5A #4277DC

split-complementary

#DC42C4 #77DC42 #42DCA7

monochromatic

#8A1A79 #BE23A6 #DC42C4 #E676D4 #EFA9E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.74

#DC42C4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.62

#DC42C4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DC42C4

5.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC42C4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC42C4	1.00	3.74	5.62	5.62
#FFFFFF	3.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4176C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#778CC0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E74E7E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc42c4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 66, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.233 334.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eb83d6',
    500: '#dc42c4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc42c4;
$custom-light: #eb83d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc42c4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 309.351,
    "s": 68.75,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64425,
    "c": 0.23259,
    "h": 334.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.23098
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC42C4

secondary

#9DDDA7

accent

#EC583C

background

#FEF8FD

surface

#FDF0FA

border

#D5CBD3

text

#170C14

muted

#857D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC42C4

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

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