#DB59DD#DB59DD

#DB59DD is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.222 H 327.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DB59DD
RGB	rgb(219, 89, 221)
HSL	hsl(299, 66%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(299, 60%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.9%, 59.7%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.37, 67.23, -43.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.37, 80.19, 326.97°)
OKLab	oklab(67.82% 0.1864 -0.1207)
OKLCH	oklch(67.82% 0.222 327.1)
XYZ	xyz(45.8362, 27.4282, 71.2725)
Luminance	0.2742 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DB59DD #5BDD59

analogous

#9959DD #DB59DD #DD599D

triadic

#DB59DD #DDDB59 #59DDDB

tetradic

#DB59DD #DD9959 #5BDD59 #599DDD

square

#DB59DD #DD9959 #5BDD59 #599DDD

split-complementary

#DB59DD #9DDD59 #59DD99

monochromatic

#9A209C #CC2ACF #DB59DD #E68CE7 #F1BFF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#DB59DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.49

#DB59DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DB59DD

6.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DB59DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DB59DD	1.00	3.24	6.49	6.49
#FFFFFF	3.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4884E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7695D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E16A93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #db59dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 89, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.222 327.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e990e8',
    500: '#db59dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #db59dd;
$custom-light: #e990e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#db59dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 299.091,
    "s": 66,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67824,
    "c": 0.22209,
    "h": 327.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27425
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DB59DD

secondary

#B1E2B0

accent

#CE181A

background

#FEF9FE

surface

#FDF1FC

border

#D5CBD5

text

#170D16

muted

#857E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #DB59DD

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

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