#DC42C5#DC42C5

#DC42C5 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.233 H 334.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC42C5
RGB	rgb(220, 66, 197)
HSL	hsl(309, 69%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(309, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70%, 10.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.22, 72.45, -36.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.22, 81.16, 333.22°)
OKLab	oklab(64.47% 0.2108 -0.0999)
OKLCH	oklch(64.47% 0.233 334.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.5419, 23.1469, 55.0924)
Luminance	0.2314 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC42C5 #42DC59

analogous

#A642DC #DC42C5 #DC4278

triadic

#DC42C5 #C5DC42 #42C5DC

tetradic

#DC42C5 #DCA642 #42DC59 #4278DC

square

#DC42C5 #DCA642 #42DC59 #4278DC

split-complementary

#DC42C5 #78DC42 #42DCA6

monochromatic

#8A1A79 #BE23A7 #DC42C5 #E676D5 #EFA9E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.73

#DC42C5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.63

#DC42C5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DC42C5

5.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC42C5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC42C5	1.00	3.73	5.63	5.63
#FFFFFF	3.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4076C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#768CC1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E64E7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc42c5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 66, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.233 334.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eb83d7',
    500: '#dc42c5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc42c5;
$custom-light: #eb83d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc42c5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 308.961,
    "s": 68.75,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64474,
    "c": 0.23328,
    "h": 334.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23143
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC42C5

secondary

#9DDDA7

accent

#EC563C

background

#FEF8FD

surface

#FDF0FA

border

#D5CBD3

text

#170C14

muted

#857D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC42C5

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

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