#DE42E2#DE42E2

#DE42E2 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.249; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.255 H 326.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE42E2
RGB	rgb(222, 66, 226)
HSL	hsl(299, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(299, 71%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.8%, 70.8%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.00, 77.35, -50.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.00, 92.23, 326.99°)
OKLab	oklab(66.28% 0.214 -0.1394)
OKLCH	oklch(66.28% 0.255 326.9)
XYZ	xyz(45.7991, 24.9202, 74.3346)
Luminance	0.2492 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE42E2 #46E242

analogous

#8E42E2 #DE42E2 #E24296

triadic

#DE42E2 #E2DE42 #42E2DE

tetradic

#DE42E2 #E28E42 #46E242 #4296E2

square

#DE42E2 #E28E42 #46E242 #4296E2

split-complementary

#DE42E2 #96E242 #42E28E

monochromatic

#901793 #C41FC8 #DE42E2 #E777EA #F1ACF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.51

#DE42E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.98

#DE42E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DE42E2

5.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE42E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE42E2	1.00	3.51	5.98	5.98
#FFFFFF	3.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1E7CE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6990DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E45B8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de42e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 66, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.255 326.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ec85ec',
    500: '#de42e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de42e2;
$custom-light: #ec85ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de42e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 298.5,
    "s": 73.394,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66284,
    "c": 0.25538,
    "h": 326.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.24917
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE42E2

secondary

#A1E09F

accent

#F0383C

background

#FFF8FE

surface

#FEF0FD

border

#D6CBD5

text

#170C16

muted

#857D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE42E2

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

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