#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
RGBrgb(219, 85, 229)
HSLhsl(296, 73%, 62%)
HSVhsv(296, 63%, 90%)
CMYKcmyk(4.4%, 62.9%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LABlab(59.17, 70.24, -48.51)
CIE-LCHlch(59.17, 85.37, 325.37°)
OKLaboklab(67.81% 0.1915 -0.1346)
OKLCHoklch(67.81% 0.234 324.9)
XYZxyz(46.6037, 27.2170, 76.9122)
Luminance0.2721 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familypurple

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
##DB55E51.003.266.446.44
#FFFFFF3.261.0021.0021.00
#0000006.4421.001.001.00
##0000006.4421.001.001.00

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

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#DB55E5 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva