#DC42DD#DC42DD

#DC42DD is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.251 H 327.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC42DD
RGB	rgb(220, 66, 221)
HSL	hsl(300, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(300, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 70.1%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.42, 76.12, -48.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.42, 90.19, 327.57°)
OKLab	oklab(65.73% 0.2119 -0.134)
OKLCH	oklch(65.73% 0.251 327.7)
XYZ	xyz(44.5139, 24.3357, 70.7453)
Luminance	0.2433 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC42DD #43DD42

analogous

#8F42DD #DC42DD #DD4291

triadic

#DC42DD #DDDC42 #42DDDC

tetradic

#DC42DD #DD8F42 #43DD42 #4291DD

square

#DC42DD #DD8F42 #43DD42 #4291DD

split-complementary

#DC42DD #91DD42 #42DD8F

monochromatic

#8B198C #BE22BF #DC42DD #E676E6 #EFAAF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.58

#DC42DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.87

#DC42DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DC42DD

5.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC42DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC42DD	1.00	3.58	5.87	5.87
#FFFFFF	3.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#257BE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A8ED9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E35A8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc42dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 66, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.251 327.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eb84e8',
    500: '#dc42dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc42dd;
$custom-light: #eb84e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc42dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 299.613,
    "s": 69.507,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65726,
    "c": 0.2507,
    "h": 327.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24333
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC42DD

secondary

#9EDD9D

accent

#EC3B3D

background

#FEF8FE

surface

#FDF0FD

border

#D5CBD5

text

#170C16

muted

#857D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC42DD

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

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