#DE42D6#DE42D6

#DE42D6 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.246 H 330.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE42D6
RGB	rgb(222, 66, 214)
HSL	hsl(303, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(303, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.3%, 3.6%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.37, 75.46, -44.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.37, 87.58, 329.50°)
OKLab	oklab(65.63% 0.2138 -0.1226)
OKLCH	oklch(65.63% 0.246 330.2)
XYZ	xyz(44.2098, 24.2844, 65.9642)
Luminance	0.2428 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE42D6 #42DE4A

analogous

#9842DE #DE42D6 #DE4288

triadic

#DE42D6 #D6DE42 #42D6DE

tetradic

#DE42D6 #DE9842 #42DE4A #4288DE

square

#DE42D6 #DE9842 #42DE4A #4288DE

split-complementary

#DE42D6 #88DE42 #42DE98

monochromatic

#8D1987 #C122B9 #DE42D6 #E776E1 #F0AAED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#DE42D6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.86

#DE42D6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DE42D6

5.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE42D6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE42D6	1.00	3.59	5.86	5.86
#FFFFFF	3.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#317ADA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#708FD2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E65688

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de42d6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 66, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.246 330.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ec84e3',
    500: '#de42d6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de42d6;
$custom-light: #ec84e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de42d6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 303.077,
    "s": 70.27,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65632,
    "c": 0.24648,
    "h": 330.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24281
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE42D6

secondary

#9EDEA1

accent

#ED443B

background

#FFF8FD

surface

#FEF0FB

border

#D6CBD4

text

#170C15

muted

#857D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE42D6

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

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