#DE42C7#DE42C7

#DE42C7 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.236 H 334.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE42C7
RGB	rgb(222, 66, 199)
HSL	hsl(309, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(309, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.3%, 10.4%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.64, 73.20, -37.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.64, 82.05, 333.16°)
OKLab	oklab(64.86% 0.2129 -0.1013)
OKLCH	oklch(64.86% 0.236 334.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.3816, 23.5532, 56.3359)
Luminance	0.2355 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE42C7 #42DE59

analogous

#A742DE #DE42C7 #DE4279

triadic

#DE42C7 #C7DE42 #42C7DE

tetradic

#DE42C7 #DEA742 #42DE59 #4279DE

square

#DE42C7 #DEA742 #42DE59 #4279DE

split-complementary

#DE42C7 #79DE42 #42DEA7

monochromatic

#8D197C #C122AA #DE42C7 #E776D6 #F0AAE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.68

#DE42C7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.71

#DE42C7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DE42C7

5.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE42C7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE42C7	1.00	3.68	5.71	5.71
#FFFFFF	3.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4077CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#778DC3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E84F80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de42c7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 66, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.236 334.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ec84d8',
    500: '#de42c7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de42c7;
$custom-light: #ec84d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de42c7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 308.846,
    "s": 70.27,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64865,
    "c": 0.23578,
    "h": 334.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.2355
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE42C7

secondary

#9EDEA7

accent

#ED553B

background

#FFF8FD

surface

#FEF0FA

border

#D6CBD3

text

#170C14

muted

#857D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE42C7

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

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