#DB59E5#DB59E5

#DB59E5 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.279; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.229 H 324.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DB59E5
RGB	rgb(219, 89, 229)
HSL	hsl(296, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(296, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.4%, 61.1%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.77, 68.61, -47.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.77, 83.48, 325.26°)
OKLab	oklab(68.24% 0.1869 -0.1319)
OKLCH	oklch(68.24% 0.229 324.8)
XYZ	xyz(46.9275, 27.8647, 77.0202)
Luminance	0.2786 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DB59E5 #63E559

analogous

#9559E5 #DB59E5 #E559A9

triadic

#DB59E5 #E5DB59 #59E5DB

tetradic

#DB59E5 #E59559 #63E559 #59A9E5

square

#DB59E5 #E59559 #63E559 #59A9E5

split-complementary

#DB59E5 #A9E559 #59E595

monochromatic

#9F1AA9 #D024DD #DB59E5 #E68EED #F2C3F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#DB59E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.57

#DB59E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DB59E5

6.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DB59E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DB59E5	1.00	3.20	6.57	6.57
#FFFFFF	3.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4186E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7295E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF6D97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #db59e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 89, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.229 324.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e990ee',
    500: '#db59e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #db59e5;
$custom-light: #e990ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#db59e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 295.714,
    "s": 72.917,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68242,
    "c": 0.22876,
    "h": 324.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27862
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DB59E5

secondary

#B7E6B3

accent

#D5101F

background

#FEF9FE

surface

#FDF2FD

border

#D5CCD5

text

#170D16

muted

#857E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #DB59E5

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

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