#DB40C3#DB40C3

#DB40C3 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.234 H 335.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DB40C3
RGB	rgb(219, 64, 195)
HSL	hsl(309, 68%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(309, 71%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.8%, 11%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.73, 72.60, -36.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.73, 81.13, 333.50°)
OKLab	oklab(64.06% 0.2116 -0.0989)
OKLCH	oklch(64.06% 0.234 335)
XYZ	xyz(40.8976, 22.6705, 53.8411)
Luminance	0.2267 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DB40C3 #40DB58

analogous

#A540DB #DB40C3 #DB4076

triadic

#DB40C3 #C3DB40 #40C3DB

tetradic

#DB40C3 #DBA540 #40DB58 #4076DB

square

#DB40C3 #DBA540 #40DB58 #4076DB

split-complementary

#DB40C3 #76DB40 #40DBA5

monochromatic

#871976 #BB23A3 #DB40C3 #E573D3 #EEA7E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.80

#DB40C3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.53

#DB40C3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DB40C3

5.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DB40C3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DB40C3	1.00	3.80	5.53	5.53
#FFFFFF	3.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F74C7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#768BBF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E64C7D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #db40c3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 64, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.234 335.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ea82d5',
    500: '#db40c3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #db40c3;
$custom-light: #ea82d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#db40c3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 309.29,
    "s": 68.282,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64057,
    "c": 0.23358,
    "h": 335
  },
  "luminance": 0.22667
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DB40C3

secondary

#9BDCA5

accent

#EB583D

background

#FEF8FD

surface

#FDF0FA

border

#D5CBD3

text

#170C14

muted

#857D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #DB40C3

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

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