#DF42CD#DF42CD

#DF42CD is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.241 H 333.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DF42CD
RGB	rgb(223, 66, 205)
HSL	hsl(307, 71%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(307, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.4%, 8.1%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.08, 74.32, -39.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.08, 84.29, 331.85°)
OKLab	oklab(65.31% 0.2144 -0.1091)
OKLCH	oklch(65.31% 0.241 333)
XYZ	xyz(43.3993, 23.9958, 60.0917)
Luminance	0.2399 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DF42CD #42DF54

analogous

#A342DF #DF42CD #DF427F

triadic

#DF42CD #CDDF42 #42CDDF

tetradic

#DF42CD #DFA342 #42DF54 #427FDF

square

#DF42CD #DFA342 #42DF54 #427FDF

split-complementary

#DF42CD #7FDF42 #42DFA3

monochromatic

#8E1881 #C321B0 #DF42CD #E876DB #F1ABE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.62

#DF42CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.80

#DF42CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DF42CD

5.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DF42CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DF42CD	1.00	3.62	5.80	5.80
#FFFFFF	3.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3C78D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#758EC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E95183

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #df42cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 66, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.241 333.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ed84dc',
    500: '#df42cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #df42cd;
$custom-light: #ed84dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#df42cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 306.879,
    "s": 71.041,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65311,
    "c": 0.24052,
    "h": 333
  },
  "luminance": 0.23992
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DF42CD

secondary

#9EDFA6

accent

#EE4F3A

background

#FFF8FD

surface

#FEF0FB

border

#D6CBD4

text

#170C15

muted

#857D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #DF42CD

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

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