#DC55E3#DC55E3

#DC55E3 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.233 H 325.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#DC55E3
RGBrgb(220, 85, 227)
HSLhsl(297, 72%, 61%)
HSVhsv(297, 63%, 89%)
CMYKcmyk(3.1%, 62.6%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LABlab(59.22, 70.14, -47.31)
CIE-LCHlch(59.22, 84.60, 326.00°)
OKLaboklab(67.84% 0.1925 -0.1311)
OKLCHoklch(67.84% 0.233 325.7)
XYZxyz(46.6278, 27.2616, 75.4642)
Luminance0.2726 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familypurple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#DC55E3 #5CE355
analogous
#9555E3 #DC55E3 #E355A3
triadic
#DC55E3 #E3DC55 #55E3DC
tetradic
#DC55E3 #E39555 #5CE355 #55A3E3
square
#DC55E3 #E39555 #5CE355 #55A3E3
split-complementary
#DC55E3 #A3E355 #55E395
monochromatic
#9C1BA3 #CE23D7 #DC55E3 #E78AEC #F2BEF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25
#DC55E3 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.45
#DC55E3 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DC55E3
6.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##DC55E3#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##DC55E31.003.256.456.45
#FFFFFF3.251.0021.0021.00
#0000006.4521.001.001.00
##0000006.4521.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#3D84E7
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#7194DF
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#E16995
Achromatopsia (no color)
#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #dc55e3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 85, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.233 325.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ea8eec',
    500: '#dc55e3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #dc55e3;
$custom-light: #ea8eec;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#dc55e3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 297.042,
    "s": 71.717,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67839,
    "c": 0.23287,
    "h": 325.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27259
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#DC55E3
secondary
#B2E5AF
accent
#D4121B
background
#FEF9FE
surface
#FDF1FD
border
#D5CBD5
text
#170D16
muted
#857E84

Preview Lab

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#DC55E3 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva