#DF42E1#DF42E1

#DF42E1 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.250; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.255 H 327.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DF42E1
RGB	rgb(223, 66, 225)
HSL	hsl(299, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(299, 71%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.9%, 70.7%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.10, 77.40, -49.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.10, 91.88, 327.39°)
OKLab	oklab(66.37% 0.215 -0.1373)
OKLCH	oklch(66.37% 0.255 327.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.9696, 25.0239, 73.6284)
Luminance	0.2502 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DF42E1 #44E142

analogous

#8F42E1 #DF42E1 #E14294

triadic

#DF42E1 #E1DF42 #42E1DF

tetradic

#DF42E1 #E18F42 #44E142 #4294E1

square

#DF42E1 #E18F42 #44E142 #4294E1

split-complementary

#DF42E1 #94E142 #42E18F

monochromatic

#901792 #C41FC6 #DF42E1 #E877E9 #F1ACF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.50

#DF42E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.00

#DF42E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DF42E1

6.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DF42E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DF42E1	1.00	3.50	6.00	6.00
#FFFFFF	3.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#217CE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B90DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E65B8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #df42e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 66, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.255 327.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ed85eb',
    500: '#df42e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #df42e1;
$custom-light: #ed85eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#df42e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 299.245,
    "s": 72.603,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66369,
    "c": 0.2551,
    "h": 327.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.25021
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DF42E1

secondary

#A0E09F

accent

#EF383B

background

#FFF8FE

surface

#FEF0FD

border

#D6CBD5

text

#170C16

muted

#857D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #DF42E1

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

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