#DB40E5#DB40E5

#DB40E5 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.258 H 325.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DB40E5
RGB	rgb(219, 64, 229)
HSL	hsl(296, 76%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(296, 72%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.4%, 72.1%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.47, 77.86, -52.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.47, 94.07, 325.86°)
OKLab	oklab(65.87% 0.2126 -0.1469)
OKLCH	oklch(65.87% 0.258 325.3)
XYZ	xyz(45.1886, 24.3870, 76.4406)
Luminance	0.2438 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DB40E5 #4AE540

analogous

#8940E5 #DB40E5 #E5409C

triadic

#DB40E5 #E5DB40 #40E5DB

tetradic

#DB40E5 #E58940 #4AE540 #409CE5

square

#DB40E5 #E58940 #4AE540 #409CE5

split-complementary

#DB40E5 #9CE540 #40E589

monochromatic

#8E1496 #C11CCC #DB40E5 #E576EC #EFACF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.57

#DB40E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.88

#DB40E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DB40E5

5.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DB40E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DB40E5	1.00	3.57	5.88	5.88
#FFFFFF	3.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#047BEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#638EE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E05C90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #db40e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 64, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.258 325.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ea84ee',
    500: '#db40e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #db40e5;
$custom-light: #ea84ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#db40e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 296.364,
    "s": 76.037,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65871,
    "c": 0.25839,
    "h": 325.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.24384
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DB40E5

secondary

#A3E29F

accent

#F33541

background

#FEF8FE

surface

#FDF0FD

border

#D5CBD5

text

#170C16

muted

#857D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #DB40E5

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

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