#DE42CB#DE42CB

#DE42CB is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.239 H 333.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE42CB
RGB	rgb(222, 66, 203)
HSL	hsl(307, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(307, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.3%, 8.6%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.83, 73.79, -39.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.83, 83.48, 332.12°)
OKLab	oklab(65.07% 0.2132 -0.107)
OKLCH	oklch(65.07% 0.239 333.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.8522, 23.7414, 58.8140)
Luminance	0.2374 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE42CB #42DE55

analogous

#A342DE #DE42CB #DE427D

triadic

#DE42CB #CBDE42 #42CBDE

tetradic

#DE42CB #DEA342 #42DE55 #427DDE

square

#DE42CB #DEA342 #42DE55 #427DDE

split-complementary

#DE42CB #7DDE42 #42DEA3

monochromatic

#8D197F #C122AE #DE42CB #E776D9 #F0AAE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.65

#DE42CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.75

#DE42CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DE42CB

5.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE42CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE42CB	1.00	3.65	5.75	5.75
#FFFFFF	3.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3D77CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#758EC7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E85182

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de42cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 66, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.239 333.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ec84db',
    500: '#de42cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de42cb;
$custom-light: #ec84db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de42cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 307.308,
    "s": 70.27,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65065,
    "c": 0.23858,
    "h": 333.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.23738
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE42CB

secondary

#9EDEA6

accent

#ED503B

background

#FFF8FD

surface

#FEF0FB

border

#D6CBD4

text

#170C15

muted

#857D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE42CB

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

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