#DC42C7#DC42C7

#DC42C7 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.235 H 334.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC42C7
RGB	rgb(220, 66, 199)
HSL	hsl(308, 69%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(308, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70%, 9.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.32, 72.75, -37.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.32, 81.87, 332.68°)
OKLab	oklab(64.57% 0.211 -0.1028)
OKLCH	oklch(64.57% 0.235 334)
XYZ	xyz(41.7726, 23.2391, 56.3073)
Luminance	0.2324 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC42C7 #42DC57

analogous

#A442DC #DC42C7 #DC427A

triadic

#DC42C7 #C7DC42 #42C7DC

tetradic

#DC42C7 #DCA442 #42DC57 #427ADC

square

#DC42C7 #DCA442 #42DC57 #427ADC

split-complementary

#DC42C7 #7ADC42 #42DCA4

monochromatic

#8A1A7B #BE23A9 #DC42C7 #E676D6 #EFA9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.72

#DC42C7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.65

#DC42C7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DC42C7

5.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC42C7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC42C7	1.00	3.72	5.65	5.65
#FFFFFF	3.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F76CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#768CC3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E64F80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc42c7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 66, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.235 334.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eb84d8',
    500: '#dc42c7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc42c7;
$custom-light: #eb84d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc42c7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 308.182,
    "s": 68.75,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64573,
    "c": 0.23468,
    "h": 334
  },
  "luminance": 0.23236
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC42C7

secondary

#9DDDA6

accent

#EC543C

background

#FEF8FD

surface

#FDF0FA

border

#D5CBD3

text

#170C14

muted

#857D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC42C7

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

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