#DE42C6#DE42C6

#DE42C6 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.235 H 334.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE42C6
RGB	rgb(222, 66, 198)
HSL	hsl(309, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(309, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.3%, 10.8%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.59, 73.06, -36.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.59, 81.69, 333.42°)
OKLab	oklab(64.82% 0.2128 -0.0998)
OKLCH	oklch(64.82% 0.235 334.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.2659, 23.5069, 55.7264)
Luminance	0.2350 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE42C6 #42DE5A

analogous

#A842DE #DE42C6 #DE4278

triadic

#DE42C6 #C6DE42 #42C6DE

tetradic

#DE42C6 #DEA842 #42DE5A #4278DE

square

#DE42C6 #DEA842 #42DE5A #4278DE

split-complementary

#DE42C6 #78DE42 #42DEA8

monochromatic

#8D197B #C122A9 #DE42C6 #E776D6 #F0AAE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.68

#DE42C6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.70

#DE42C6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DE42C6

5.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE42C6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE42C6	1.00	3.68	5.70	5.70
#FFFFFF	3.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4176CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#788DC2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E94E7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de42c6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 66, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.235 334.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ec84d7',
    500: '#de42c6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de42c6;
$custom-light: #ec84d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de42c6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 309.231,
    "s": 70.27,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64816,
    "c": 0.23508,
    "h": 334.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.23503
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE42C6

secondary

#9EDEA8

accent

#ED563B

background

#FFF8FD

surface

#FEF0FA

border

#D6CBD3

text

#170C14

muted

#857D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE42C6

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

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