#DC42D5#DC42D5

#DC42D5 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.245 H 329.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC42D5
RGB	rgb(220, 66, 213)
HSL	hsl(303, 69%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(303, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70%, 3.2%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.01, 74.86, -44.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.01, 87.08, 329.28°)
OKLab	oklab(65.29% 0.2118 -0.1227)
OKLCH	oklch(65.29% 0.245 329.9)
XYZ	xyz(43.4734, 23.9195, 65.2651)
Luminance	0.2392 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC42D5 #42DC49

analogous

#9642DC #DC42D5 #DC4288

triadic

#DC42D5 #D5DC42 #42D5DC

tetradic

#DC42D5 #DC9642 #42DC49 #4288DC

square

#DC42D5 #DC9642 #42DC49 #4288DC

split-complementary

#DC42D5 #88DC42 #42DC96

monochromatic

#8A1A85 #BE23B7 #DC42D5 #E676E0 #EFA9EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.63

#DC42D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.78

#DC42D5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DC42D5

5.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC42D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC42D5	1.00	3.63	5.78	5.78
#FFFFFF	3.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3079D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F8ED1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E45687

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc42d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 66, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.245 329.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eb84e2',
    500: '#dc42d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc42d5;
$custom-light: #eb84e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc42d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 302.727,
    "s": 68.75,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65293,
    "c": 0.24476,
    "h": 329.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.23916
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC42D5

secondary

#9DDDA0

accent

#EC443C

background

#FEF8FD

surface

#FDF0FB

border

#D5CBD4

text

#170C15

muted

#857D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC42D5

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

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