#DE42C8#DE42C8

#DE42C8 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.236 H 334.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE42C8
RGB	rgb(222, 66, 200)
HSL	hsl(308, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(308, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.3%, 9.9%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.68, 73.35, -37.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.68, 82.40, 332.89°)
OKLab	oklab(64.92% 0.213 -0.1027)
OKLCH	oklch(64.92% 0.236 334.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.4981, 23.5998, 56.9493)
Luminance	0.2360 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE42C8 #42DE58

analogous

#A642DE #DE42C8 #DE427A

triadic

#DE42C8 #C8DE42 #42C8DE

tetradic

#DE42C8 #DEA642 #42DE58 #427ADE

square

#DE42C8 #DEA642 #42DE58 #427ADE

split-complementary

#DE42C8 #7ADE42 #42DEA6

monochromatic

#8D197D #C122AB #DE42C8 #E776D7 #F0AAE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.67

#DE42C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.72

#DE42C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DE42C8

5.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE42C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE42C8	1.00	3.67	5.72	5.72
#FFFFFF	3.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F77CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#778EC4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E84F80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de42c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 66, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.236 334.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ec84d9',
    500: '#de42c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de42c8;
$custom-light: #ec84d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de42c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 308.462,
    "s": 70.27,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64915,
    "c": 0.23648,
    "h": 334.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.23596
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE42C8

secondary

#9EDEA7

accent

#ED543B

background

#FFF8FD

surface

#FEF0FA

border

#D6CBD3

text

#170C14

muted

#857D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE42C8

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

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