#DC42E2#DC42E2

#DC42E2 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.246; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.254 H 326.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC42E2
RGB	rgb(220, 66, 226)
HSL	hsl(298, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(298, 71%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.7%, 70.8%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.69, 76.93, -50.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.69, 92.16, 326.58°)
OKLab	oklab(66% 0.2119 -0.1409)
OKLCH	oklch(66% 0.254 326.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.1900, 24.6061, 74.3060)
Luminance	0.2460 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC42E2 #48E242

analogous

#8C42E2 #DC42E2 #E24298

triadic

#DC42E2 #E2DC42 #42E2DC

tetradic

#DC42E2 #E28C42 #48E242 #4298E2

square

#DC42E2 #E28C42 #48E242 #4298E2

split-complementary

#DC42E2 #98E242 #42E28C

monochromatic

#8E1793 #C21FC8 #DC42E2 #E677EA #F0ACF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.55

#DC42E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.92

#DC42E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DC42E2

5.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC42E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC42E2	1.00	3.55	5.92	5.92
#FFFFFF	3.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1A7CE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#678FDE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E25C8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc42e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 66, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.254 326.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eb84ec',
    500: '#dc42e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc42e2;
$custom-light: #eb84ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc42e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 297.75,
    "s": 73.394,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66003,
    "c": 0.25448,
    "h": 326.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.24603
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC42E2

secondary

#A2E09F

accent

#F0383F

background

#FEF8FE

surface

#FDF0FD

border

#D5CBD5

text

#170C16

muted

#857D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC42E2

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

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