#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
RGB	rgb(220, 85, 227)
HSL	hsl(297, 72%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(297, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.1%, 62.6%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.22, 70.14, -47.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.22, 84.60, 326.00°)
OKLab	oklab(67.84% 0.1925 -0.1311)
OKLCH	oklch(67.84% 0.233 325.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.6278, 27.2616, 75.4642)
Luminance	0.2726 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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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
##DC55E3	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)

#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

Preview with #DC55E3

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

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