#DC42C8#DC42C8

#DC42C8 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.235 H 333.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC42C8
RGB	rgb(220, 66, 200)
HSL	hsl(308, 69%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(308, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70%, 9.1%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.37, 72.89, -38.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.37, 82.24, 332.42°)
OKLab	oklab(64.62% 0.211 -0.1042)
OKLCH	oklch(64.62% 0.235 333.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.8890, 23.2857, 56.9208)
Luminance	0.2328 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC42C8 #42DC56

analogous

#A342DC #DC42C8 #DC427B

triadic

#DC42C8 #C8DC42 #42C8DC

tetradic

#DC42C8 #DCA342 #42DC56 #427BDC

square

#DC42C8 #DCA342 #42DC56 #427BDC

split-complementary

#DC42C8 #7BDC42 #42DCA3

monochromatic

#8A1A7B #BE23AA #DC42C8 #E676D7 #EFA9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.71

#DC42C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.66

#DC42C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DC42C8

5.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC42C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC42C8	1.00	3.71	5.66	5.66
#FFFFFF	3.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3E76CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#758DC4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E65080

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc42c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 66, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.235 333.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eb84d9',
    500: '#dc42c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc42c8;
$custom-light: #eb84d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc42c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 307.792,
    "s": 68.75,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64623,
    "c": 0.23538,
    "h": 333.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.23282
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC42C8

secondary

#9DDDA5

accent

#EC533C

background

#FEF8FD

surface

#FDF0FA

border

#D5CBD3

text

#170C14

muted

#857D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC42C8

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

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