#DB55E5#DB55E5

#DB55E5 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.234 H 324.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DB55E5
RGB	rgb(219, 85, 229)
HSL	hsl(296, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(296, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.4%, 62.9%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.17, 70.24, -48.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.17, 85.37, 325.37°)
OKLab	oklab(67.81% 0.1915 -0.1346)
OKLCH	oklch(67.81% 0.234 324.9)
XYZ	xyz(46.6037, 27.2170, 76.9122)
Luminance	0.2721 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DB55E5 #5FE555

analogous

#9355E5 #DB55E5 #E555A7

triadic

#DB55E5 #E5DB55 #55E5DB

tetradic

#DB55E5 #E59355 #5FE555 #55A7E5

square

#DB55E5 #E59355 #5FE555 #55A7E5

split-complementary

#DB55E5 #A7E555 #55E593

monochromatic

#9C19A6 #CE22DB #DB55E5 #E68AED #F1BFF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#DB55E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.44

#DB55E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DB55E5

6.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DB55E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DB55E5	1.00	3.26	6.44	6.44
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3A84E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F94E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E06A96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #db55e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 85, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.234 324.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ea8eee',
    500: '#db55e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #db55e5;
$custom-light: #ea8eee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#db55e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 295.833,
    "s": 73.469,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67813,
    "c": 0.23402,
    "h": 324.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27214
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DB55E5

secondary

#B4E6B0

accent

#D6101E

background

#FEF9FE

surface

#FDF1FD

border

#D5CBD5

text

#170D16

muted

#857E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #DB55E5

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

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