#DE42CD#DE42CD

#DE42CD is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.240 H 332.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE42CD
RGB	rgb(222, 66, 205)
HSL	hsl(307, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(307, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.3%, 7.7%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.92, 74.09, -40.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.92, 84.21, 331.62°)
OKLab	oklab(65.17% 0.2134 -0.1098)
OKLCH	oklch(65.17% 0.24 332.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.0920, 23.8373, 60.0773)
Luminance	0.2383 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE42CD #42DE53

analogous

#A142DE #DE42CD #DE427F

triadic

#DE42CD #CDDE42 #42CDDE

tetradic

#DE42CD #DEA142 #42DE53 #427FDE

square

#DE42CD #DEA142 #42DE53 #427FDE

split-complementary

#DE42CD #7FDE42 #42DEA1

monochromatic

#8D1980 #C122B0 #DE42CD #E776DB #F0AAE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.64

#DE42CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.77

#DE42CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DE42CD

5.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE42CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE42CD	1.00	3.64	5.77	5.77
#FFFFFF	3.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3B78D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#748EC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E85283

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de42cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 66, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.240 332.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ec84dc',
    500: '#de42cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de42cd;
$custom-light: #ec84dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de42cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 306.538,
    "s": 70.27,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65166,
    "c": 0.23999,
    "h": 332.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23834
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE42CD

secondary

#9EDEA5

accent

#ED4E3B

background

#FFF8FD

surface

#FEF0FB

border

#D6CBD4

text

#170C15

muted

#857D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE42CD

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

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