#DB40C5#DB40C5

#DB40C5 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.235 H 334.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DB40C5
RGB	rgb(219, 64, 197)
HSL	hsl(309, 68%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(309, 71%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.8%, 10%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.83, 72.89, -37.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.83, 81.84, 332.96°)
OKLab	oklab(64.16% 0.2118 -0.1018)
OKLCH	oklch(64.16% 0.235 334.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.1252, 22.7616, 55.0400)
Luminance	0.2276 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DB40C5 #40DB56

analogous

#A340DB #DB40C5 #DB4077

triadic

#DB40C5 #C5DB40 #40C5DB

tetradic

#DB40C5 #DBA340 #40DB56 #4077DB

square

#DB40C5 #DBA340 #40DB56 #4077DB

split-complementary

#DB40C5 #77DB40 #40DBA3

monochromatic

#871978 #BB23A5 #DB40C5 #E573D5 #EEA7E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.78

#DB40C5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.55

#DB40C5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DB40C5

5.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DB40C5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DB40C5	1.00	3.78	5.55	5.55
#FFFFFF	3.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3E75C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#758BC1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E54D7E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #db40c5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 64, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.235 334.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ea82d7',
    500: '#db40c5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #db40c5;
$custom-light: #ea82d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#db40c5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 308.516,
    "s": 68.282,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64156,
    "c": 0.23496,
    "h": 334.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.22758
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DB40C5

secondary

#9BDCA4

accent

#EB553D

background

#FEF8FD

surface

#FDF0FA

border

#D5CBD3

text

#170C14

muted

#857D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #DB40C5

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

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