#DC42DC#DC42DC

#DC42DC is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.250 H 328.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC42DC
RGB	rgb(220, 66, 220)
HSL	hsl(300, 69%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(300, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.37, 75.97, -47.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.37, 89.79, 327.78°)
OKLab	oklab(65.67% 0.2119 -0.1326)
OKLCH	oklch(65.67% 0.25 328)
XYZ	xyz(44.3811, 24.2825, 70.0457)
Luminance	0.2428 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC42DC #42DC42

analogous

#8F42DC #DC42DC #DC428F

triadic

#DC42DC #DCDC42 #42DCDC

tetradic

#DC42DC #DC8F42 #42DC42 #428FDC

square

#DC42DC #DC8F42 #42DC42 #428FDC

split-complementary

#DC42DC #8FDC42 #42DC8F

monochromatic

#8A1A8A #BE23BE #DC42DC #E676E6 #EFA9EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#DC42DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.86

#DC42DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DC42DC

5.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC42DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC42DC	1.00	3.59	5.86	5.86
#FFFFFF	3.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#267AE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B8ED8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E3598B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc42dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 66, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.250 328.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eb84e7',
    500: '#dc42dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc42dc;
$custom-light: #eb84e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc42dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 68.75,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65671,
    "c": 0.24996,
    "h": 328
  },
  "luminance": 0.24279
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC42DC

secondary

#9DDD9D

accent

#EC3C3C

background

#FEF8FE

surface

#FDF0FC

border

#D5CBD5

text

#170C16

muted

#857D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC42DC

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

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