#DC56E5#DC56E5

#DC56E5 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.233 H 325.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC56E5
RGB	rgb(220, 86, 229)
HSL	hsl(296, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(296, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.9%, 62.4%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.46, 70.07, -48.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.46, 84.96, 325.57°)
OKLab	oklab(68.05% 0.1914 -0.1332)
OKLCH	oklch(68.05% 0.233 325.2)
XYZ	xyz(46.9848, 27.5312, 76.9528)
Luminance	0.2753 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC56E5 #5FE556

analogous

#9556E5 #DC56E5 #E556A7

triadic

#DC56E5 #E5DC56 #56E5DC

tetradic

#DC56E5 #E59556 #5FE556 #56A7E5

square

#DC56E5 #E59556 #5FE556 #56A7E5

split-complementary

#DC56E5 #A7E556 #56E595

monochromatic

#9E1AA7 #D022DC #DC56E5 #E78BED #F2C0F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#DC56E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.51

#DC56E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DC56E5

6.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC56E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC56E5	1.00	3.23	6.51	6.51
#FFFFFF	3.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3D85E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7195E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E16B96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc56e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 86, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.233 325.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ea8eee',
    500: '#dc56e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc56e5;
$custom-light: #ea8eee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc56e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 296.224,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6805,
    "c": 0.23322,
    "h": 325.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27528
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC56E5

secondary

#B4E6B1

accent

#D5101C

background

#FEF9FE

surface

#FDF1FD

border

#D5CBD5

text

#170D16

muted

#857E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC56E5

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

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