#DC42DB#DC42DB

#DC42DB is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.249 H 328.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC42DB
RGB	rgb(220, 66, 219)
HSL	hsl(300, 69%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(300, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70%, 0.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.32, 75.81, -47.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.32, 89.40, 327.99°)
OKLab	oklab(65.62% 0.2119 -0.1312)
OKLCH	oklch(65.62% 0.249 328.2)
XYZ	xyz(44.2491, 24.2297, 69.3503)
Luminance	0.2423 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC42DB #42DC43

analogous

#9042DC #DC42DB #DC428E

triadic

#DC42DB #DBDC42 #42DBDC

tetradic

#DC42DB #DC9042 #42DC43 #428EDC

square

#DC42DB #DC9042 #42DC43 #428EDC

split-complementary

#DC42DB #8EDC42 #42DC90

monochromatic

#8A1A89 #BE23BD #DC42DB #E676E5 #EFA9EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#DC42DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.85

#DC42DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DC42DB

5.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC42DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC42DB	1.00	3.59	5.85	5.85
#FFFFFF	3.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#287ADF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B8ED7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E3598B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc42db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 66, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.249 328.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eb84e7',
    500: '#dc42db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc42db;
$custom-light: #eb84e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc42db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300.39,
    "s": 68.75,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65616,
    "c": 0.24921,
    "h": 328.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24227
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC42DB

secondary

#9DDD9E

accent

#EC3D3C

background

#FEF8FE

surface

#FDF0FC

border

#D5CBD5

text

#170C16

muted

#857D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC42DB

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

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