#DB55C8#DB55C8

#DB55C8 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.211 H 333.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DB55C8
RGB	rgb(219, 85, 200)
HSL	hsl(309, 65%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(309, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.2%, 8.7%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.78, 65.48, -34.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.78, 73.92, 332.35°)
OKLab	oklab(66.35% 0.1891 -0.0936)
OKLCH	oklch(66.35% 0.211 333.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.8874, 25.7305, 57.3400)
Luminance	0.2573 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DB55C8 #55DB68

analogous

#AB55DB #DB55C8 #DB5585

triadic

#DB55C8 #C8DB55 #55C8DB

tetradic

#DB55C8 #DBAB55 #55DB68 #5585DB

square

#DB55C8 #DBAB55 #55DB68 #5585DB

split-complementary

#DB55C8 #85DB55 #55DBAB

monochromatic

#962085 #C82AB2 #DB55C8 #E688D8 #F0BAE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#DB55C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.15

#DB55C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DB55C8

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DB55C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DB55C8	1.00	3.42	6.15	6.15
#FFFFFF	3.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#527ECB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D92C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E45F87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #db55c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 85, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.211 333.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e98dd9',
    500: '#db55c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #db55c8;
$custom-light: #e98dd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#db55c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 308.507,
    "s": 65.049,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66346,
    "c": 0.21096,
    "h": 333.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25727
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DB55C8

secondary

#ACE0B3

accent

#E85840

background

#FEF9FD

surface

#FDF1FA

border

#D5CBD3

text

#170D14

muted

#857E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #DB55C8

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

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