#DC42D6#DC42D6

#DC42D6 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.245 H 329.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC42D6
RGB	rgb(220, 66, 214)
HSL	hsl(302, 69%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(302, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70%, 2.7%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.06, 75.02, -44.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.06, 87.47, 329.06°)
OKLab	oklab(65.35% 0.2118 -0.1241)
OKLCH	oklch(65.35% 0.246 329.6)
XYZ	xyz(43.6007, 23.9704, 65.9356)
Luminance	0.2397 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC42D6 #42DC48

analogous

#9542DC #DC42D6 #DC4289

triadic

#DC42D6 #D6DC42 #42D6DC

tetradic

#DC42D6 #DC9542 #42DC48 #4289DC

square

#DC42D6 #DC9542 #42DC48 #4289DC

split-complementary

#DC42D6 #89DC42 #42DC95

monochromatic

#8A1A86 #BE23B8 #DC42D6 #E676E1 #EFA9EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.62

#DC42D6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.79

#DC42D6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DC42D6

5.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC42D6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC42D6	1.00	3.62	5.79	5.79
#FFFFFF	3.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2F79DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E8ED2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E45688

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc42d6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 66, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.245 329.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eb84e3',
    500: '#dc42d6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc42d6;
$custom-light: #eb84e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc42d6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 302.338,
    "s": 68.75,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65346,
    "c": 0.2455,
    "h": 329.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23967
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC42D6

secondary

#9DDDA0

accent

#EC433C

background

#FEF8FD

surface

#FDF0FB

border

#D5CBD4

text

#170C15

muted

#857D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC42D6

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

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