#DB55E6#DB55E6

#DB55E6 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.235 H 324.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DB55E6
RGB	rgb(219, 85, 230)
HSL	hsl(295, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(295, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.8%, 63%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.23, 70.42, -48.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.23, 85.78, 325.18°)
OKLab	oklab(67.87% 0.1915 -0.136)
OKLCH	oklch(67.87% 0.235 324.6)
XYZ	xyz(46.7437, 27.2730, 77.6497)
Luminance	0.2727 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DB55E6 #60E655

analogous

#9355E6 #DB55E6 #E655A9

triadic

#DB55E6 #E6DB55 #55E6DB

tetradic

#DB55E6 #E69355 #60E655 #55A9E6

square

#DB55E6 #E69355 #60E655 #55A9E6

split-complementary

#DB55E6 #A9E655 #55E693

monochromatic

#9D19A8 #CF21DD #DB55E6 #E68AEE #F2C0F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#DB55E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.45

#DB55E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DB55E6

6.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DB55E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DB55E6	1.00	3.25	6.45	6.45
#FFFFFF	3.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3984EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F94E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF6B96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #db55e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 85, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.235 324.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ea8eee',
    500: '#db55e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #db55e6;
$custom-light: #ea8eee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#db55e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 295.448,
    "s": 74.359,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67867,
    "c": 0.23486,
    "h": 324.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.2727
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DB55E6

secondary

#B5E6B1

accent

#D60F1E

background

#FEF9FE

surface

#FDF1FD

border

#D5CBD5

text

#170D16

muted

#857E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #DB55E6

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

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