#DE42DC#DE42DC

#DE42DC is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.246; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.251 H 328.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE42DC
RGB	rgb(222, 66, 220)
HSL	hsl(301, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(301, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.3%, 0.9%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.68, 76.39, -47.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.68, 89.88, 328.20°)
OKLab	oklab(65.95% 0.214 -0.131)
OKLCH	oklch(65.95% 0.251 328.5)
XYZ	xyz(44.9902, 24.5966, 70.0743)
Luminance	0.2459 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE42DC #42DE44

analogous

#9242DE #DE42DC #DE428E

triadic

#DE42DC #DCDE42 #42DCDE

tetradic

#DE42DC #DE9242 #42DE44 #428EDE

square

#DE42DC #DE9242 #42DE44 #428EDE

split-complementary

#DE42DC #8EDE42 #42DE92

monochromatic

#8D198B #C122BF #DE42DC #E776E6 #F0AAEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.55

#DE42DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.92

#DE42DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DE42DC

5.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE42DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE42DC	1.00	3.55	5.92	5.92
#FFFFFF	3.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#297BE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D8FD8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5598B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de42dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 66, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.251 328.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ec84e7',
    500: '#de42dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de42dc;
$custom-light: #ec84e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de42dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300.769,
    "s": 70.27,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65954,
    "c": 0.2509,
    "h": 328.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.24593
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE42DC

secondary

#9EDE9F

accent

#ED3D3B

background

#FFF8FE

surface

#FEF0FC

border

#D6CBD5

text

#170C16

muted

#857D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE42DC

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

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