#DC42DE#DC42DE

#DC42DE is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.251 H 327.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC42DE
RGB	rgb(220, 66, 222)
HSL	hsl(299, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(299, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.9%, 70.3%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.48, 76.28, -48.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.48, 90.58, 327.37°)
OKLab	oklab(65.78% 0.2119 -0.1354)
OKLCH	oklch(65.78% 0.251 327.4)
XYZ	xyz(44.6476, 24.3891, 71.4491)
Luminance	0.2439 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC42DE #44DE42

analogous

#8E42DE #DC42DE #DE4292

triadic

#DC42DE #DEDC42 #42DEDC

tetradic

#DC42DE #DE8E42 #44DE42 #4292DE

square

#DC42DE #DE8E42 #44DE42 #4292DE

split-complementary

#DC42DE #92DE42 #42DE8E

monochromatic

#8B198D #BF22C1 #DC42DE #E676E7 #EFAAF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.57

#DC42DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.88

#DC42DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DC42DE

5.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC42DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC42DE	1.00	3.57	5.88	5.88
#FFFFFF	3.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#237BE2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A8EDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E25A8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc42de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 66, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.251 327.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eb84e9',
    500: '#dc42de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc42de;
$custom-light: #eb84e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc42de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 299.231,
    "s": 70.27,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65781,
    "c": 0.25145,
    "h": 327.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.24386
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC42DE

secondary

#9FDE9E

accent

#ED3B3D

background

#FEF8FE

surface

#FDF0FD

border

#D5CBD5

text

#170C16

muted

#857D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC42DE

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

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