#DB40C9#DB40C9

#DB40C9 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.238 H 333.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DB40C9
RGB	rgb(219, 64, 201)
HSL	hsl(307, 68%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(307, 71%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.8%, 8.2%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.02, 73.48, -39.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.02, 83.28, 331.92°)
OKLab	oklab(64.36% 0.2121 -0.1075)
OKLCH	oklch(64.36% 0.238 333.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.5897, 22.9474, 57.4859)
Luminance	0.2294 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DB40C9 #40DB52

analogous

#A040DB #DB40C9 #DB407B

triadic

#DB40C9 #C9DB40 #40C9DB

tetradic

#DB40C9 #DBA040 #40DB52 #407BDB

square

#DB40C9 #DBA040 #40DB52 #407BDB

split-complementary

#DB40C9 #7BDB40 #40DBA0

monochromatic

#87197A #BB23A9 #DB40C9 #E573D8 #EEA7E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.76

#DB40C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.59

#DB40C9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DB40C9

5.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DB40C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DB40C9	1.00	3.76	5.59	5.59
#FFFFFF	3.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3A75CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#738CC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E54F80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #db40c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 64, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.238 333.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ea83da',
    500: '#db40c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #db40c9;
$custom-light: #ea83da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#db40c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 306.968,
    "s": 68.282,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64357,
    "c": 0.23777,
    "h": 333.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.22944
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DB40C9

secondary

#9BDCA3

accent

#EB513D

background

#FEF8FD

surface

#FDF0FA

border

#D5CBD3

text

#170C15

muted

#857D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #DB40C9

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

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