#DC55E6#DC55E6

#DC55E6 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.235 H 324.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC55E6
RGB	rgb(220, 85, 230)
HSL	hsl(296, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(296, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.3%, 63%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.37, 70.65, -48.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.37, 85.84, 325.39°)
OKLab	oklab(68% 0.1926 -0.1352)
OKLCH	oklch(68% 0.235 324.9)
XYZ	xyz(47.0455, 27.4286, 77.6638)
Luminance	0.2743 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC55E6 #5FE655

analogous

#9455E6 #DC55E6 #E655A8

triadic

#DC55E6 #E6DC55 #55E6DC

tetradic

#DC55E6 #E69455 #5FE655 #55A8E6

square

#DC55E6 #E69455 #5FE655 #55A8E6

split-complementary

#DC55E6 #A8E655 #55E694

monochromatic

#9E19A8 #D021DD #DC55E6 #E78AEE #F2C0F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#DC55E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.49

#DC55E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DC55E6

6.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC55E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC55E6	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)

#3A84EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7095E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E16A96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc55e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 85, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.235 324.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ea8eee',
    500: '#dc55e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc55e6;
$custom-light: #ea8eee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc55e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 295.862,
    "s": 74.359,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67999,
    "c": 0.23534,
    "h": 324.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27426
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC55E6

secondary

#B4E6B1

accent

#D60F1D

background

#FEF9FE

surface

#FDF1FD

border

#D5CBD5

text

#170D16

muted

#857E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC55E6

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

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