#DB40C6#DB40C6

#DB40C6 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.236 H 334.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DB40C6
RGB	rgb(219, 64, 198)
HSL	hsl(308, 68%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(308, 71%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.8%, 9.6%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.87, 73.04, -37.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.87, 82.20, 332.69°)
OKLab	oklab(64.21% 0.2119 -0.1032)
OKLCH	oklch(64.21% 0.236 334)
XYZ	xyz(41.2402, 22.8076, 55.6454)
Luminance	0.2280 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DB40C6 #40DB55

analogous

#A240DB #DB40C6 #DB4078

triadic

#DB40C6 #C6DB40 #40C6DB

tetradic

#DB40C6 #DBA240 #40DB55 #4078DB

square

#DB40C6 #DBA240 #40DB55 #4078DB

split-complementary

#DB40C6 #78DB40 #40DBA2

monochromatic

#871978 #BB23A6 #DB40C6 #E573D5 #EEA7E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.78

#DB40C6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.56

#DB40C6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DB40C6

5.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DB40C6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DB40C6	1.00	3.78	5.56	5.56
#FFFFFF	3.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3D75CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#748BC2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E54E7E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #db40c6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 64, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.236 334.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ea82d7',
    500: '#db40c6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #db40c6;
$custom-light: #ea82d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#db40c6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 308.129,
    "s": 68.282,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64206,
    "c": 0.23566,
    "h": 334
  },
  "luminance": 0.22804
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DB40C6

secondary

#9BDCA4

accent

#EB543D

background

#FEF8FD

surface

#FDF0FA

border

#D5CBD3

text

#170C14

muted

#857D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #DB40C6

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

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