#DF42CE#DF42CE

#DF42CE is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.241 H 332.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DF42CE
RGB	rgb(223, 66, 206)
HSL	hsl(306, 71%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(306, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.4%, 7.6%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.13, 74.47, -40.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.13, 84.65, 331.60°)
OKLab	oklab(65.36% 0.2144 -0.1105)
OKLCH	oklch(65.36% 0.241 332.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.5204, 24.0442, 60.7294)
Luminance	0.2404 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DF42CE #42DF53

analogous

#A242DF #DF42CE #DF4280

triadic

#DF42CE #CEDF42 #42CEDF

tetradic

#DF42CE #DFA242 #42DF53 #4280DF

square

#DF42CE #DFA242 #42DF53 #4280DF

split-complementary

#DF42CE #80DF42 #42DFA2

monochromatic

#8E1882 #C321B1 #DF42CE #E876DC #F1ABE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.62

#DF42CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.81

#DF42CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DF42CE

5.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DF42CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DF42CE	1.00	3.62	5.81	5.81
#FFFFFF	3.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3B78D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#758ECA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E95283

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #df42ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 66, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.241 332.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ed84dd',
    500: '#df42ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #df42ce;
$custom-light: #ed84dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#df42ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 306.497,
    "s": 71.041,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65362,
    "c": 0.24123,
    "h": 332.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24041
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DF42CE

secondary

#9EDFA5

accent

#EE4D3A

background

#FFF8FD

surface

#FEF0FB

border

#D6CBD4

text

#170C15

muted

#857D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #DF42CE

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

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