#DA55E6#DA55E6

#DA55E6 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.234 H 324.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DA55E6
RGB	rgb(218, 85, 230)
HSL	hsl(295, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(295, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.2%, 63%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.08, 70.19, -49.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.08, 85.72, 324.96°)
OKLab	oklab(67.74% 0.1904 -0.1367)
OKLCH	oklch(67.74% 0.234 324.3)
XYZ	xyz(46.4437, 27.1183, 77.6356)
Luminance	0.2712 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DA55E6 #61E655

analogous

#9155E6 #DA55E6 #E655AA

triadic

#DA55E6 #E6DA55 #55E6DA

tetradic

#DA55E6 #E69155 #61E655 #55AAE6

square

#DA55E6 #E69155 #61E655 #55AAE6

split-complementary

#DA55E6 #AAE655 #55E691

monochromatic

#9C19A8 #CE21DD #DA55E6 #E68AEE #F1C0F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#DA55E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.42

#DA55E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DA55E6

6.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DA55E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DA55E6	1.00	3.27	6.42	6.42
#FFFFFF	3.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3984EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E94E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE6B96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #da55e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 85, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.234 324.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e98eee',
    500: '#da55e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #da55e6;
$custom-light: #e98eee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#da55e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 295.034,
    "s": 74.359,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67735,
    "c": 0.23437,
    "h": 324.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27116
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DA55E6

secondary

#B5E6B1

accent

#D60F20

background

#FEF9FE

surface

#FDF1FD

border

#D5CBD5

text

#170D16

muted

#857E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #DA55E6

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

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