#DB55EE#DB55EE

#DB55EE is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.242 H 322.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DB55EE
RGB	rgb(219, 85, 238)
HSL	hsl(293, 82%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(293, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(8%, 64.3%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.65, 71.81, -52.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.65, 89.13, 323.68°)
OKLab	oklab(68.31% 0.1917 -0.147)
OKLCH	oklch(68.31% 0.242 322.5)
XYZ	xyz(47.8930, 27.7327, 83.7026)
Luminance	0.2773 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DB55EE #68EE55

analogous

#8E55EE #DB55EE #EE55B4

triadic

#DB55EE #EEDB55 #55EEDB

tetradic

#DB55EE #EE8E55 #68EE55 #55B4EE

square

#DB55EE #EE8E55 #68EE55 #55B4EE

split-complementary

#DB55EE #B4EE55 #55EE8E

monochromatic

#A212B6 #CF1DE8 #DB55EE #E78DF4 #F3C4F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#DB55EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.55

#DB55EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DB55EE

6.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DB55EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DB55EE	1.00	3.21	6.55	6.55
#FFFFFF	3.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2F86F3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A95EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE6E9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #db55ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 85, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.242 322.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ea8ef4',
    500: '#db55ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #db55ee;
$custom-light: #ea8ef4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#db55ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 292.549,
    "s": 81.818,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68307,
    "c": 0.24155,
    "h": 322.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.2773
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DB55EE

secondary

#BBEBB4

accent

#DE0722

background

#FEF9FF

surface

#FDF1FE

border

#D5CBD6

text

#170D17

muted

#857E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #DB55EE

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

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