#DC42C6#DC42C6

#DC42C6 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.234 H 334.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC42C6
RGB	rgb(220, 66, 198)
HSL	hsl(309, 69%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(309, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70%, 10%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.27, 72.60, -37.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.27, 81.52, 332.95°)
OKLab	oklab(64.52% 0.2109 -0.1014)
OKLCH	oklch(64.52% 0.234 334.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.6568, 23.1928, 55.6978)
Luminance	0.2319 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC42C6 #42DC58

analogous

#A542DC #DC42C6 #DC4279

triadic

#DC42C6 #C6DC42 #42C6DC

tetradic

#DC42C6 #DCA542 #42DC58 #4279DC

square

#DC42C6 #DCA542 #42DC58 #4279DC

split-complementary

#DC42C6 #79DC42 #42DCA5

monochromatic

#8A1A7A #BE23A8 #DC42C6 #E676D6 #EFA9E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.72

#DC42C6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.64

#DC42C6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DC42C6

5.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC42C6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC42C6	1.00	3.72	5.64	5.64
#FFFFFF	3.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4076CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#768CC2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E64F7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc42c6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 66, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.234 334.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eb83d7',
    500: '#dc42c6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc42c6;
$custom-light: #eb83d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc42c6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 308.571,
    "s": 68.75,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64524,
    "c": 0.23397,
    "h": 334.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.23189
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC42C6

secondary

#9DDDA6

accent

#EC553C

background

#FEF8FD

surface

#FDF0FA

border

#D5CBD3

text

#170C14

muted

#857D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC42C6

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

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