#DB40C4#DB40C4

#DB40C4 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.234 H 334.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DB40C4
RGB	rgb(219, 64, 196)
HSL	hsl(309, 68%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(309, 71%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.8%, 10.5%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.78, 72.75, -36.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.78, 81.48, 333.23°)
OKLab	oklab(64.11% 0.2117 -0.1003)
OKLCH	oklch(64.11% 0.234 334.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.0110, 22.7159, 54.4385)
Luminance	0.2271 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DB40C4 #40DB57

analogous

#A440DB #DB40C4 #DB4076

triadic

#DB40C4 #C4DB40 #40C4DB

tetradic

#DB40C4 #DBA440 #40DB57 #4076DB

square

#DB40C4 #DBA440 #40DB57 #4076DB

split-complementary

#DB40C4 #76DB40 #40DBA4

monochromatic

#871977 #BB23A4 #DB40C4 #E573D4 #EEA7E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.79

#DB40C4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.54

#DB40C4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DB40C4

5.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DB40C4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DB40C4	1.00	3.79	5.54	5.54
#FFFFFF	3.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3E74C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#758BC0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E54D7D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #db40c4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 64, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.234 334.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ea82d6',
    500: '#db40c4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #db40c4;
$custom-light: #ea82d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#db40c4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 308.903,
    "s": 68.282,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64107,
    "c": 0.23427,
    "h": 334.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.22712
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DB40C4

secondary

#9BDCA5

accent

#EB573D

background

#FEF8FD

surface

#FDF0FA

border

#D5CBD3

text

#170C14

muted

#857D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #DB40C4

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

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