#DD38C5#DD38C5

#DD38C5 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.222; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.244 H 334.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD38C5
RGB	rgb(221, 56, 197)
HSL	hsl(309, 71%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(309, 75%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.7%, 10.9%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.28, 75.83, -38.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.28, 84.84, 333.36°)
OKLab	oklab(63.82% 0.2211 -0.1041)
OKLCH	oklch(63.82% 0.244 334.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.3115, 22.2354, 54.9286)
Luminance	0.2223 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD38C5 #38DD50

analogous

#A238DD #DD38C5 #DD3873

triadic

#DD38C5 #C5DD38 #38C5DD

tetradic

#DD38C5 #DDA238 #38DD50 #3873DD

square

#DD38C5 #DDA238 #38DD50 #3873DD

split-complementary

#DD38C5 #73DD38 #38DDA2

monochromatic

#841774 #B81FA2 #DD38C5 #E66CD4 #EFA1E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.86

#DD38C5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.45

#DD38C5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DD38C5

5.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD38C5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD38C5	1.00	3.86	5.45	5.45
#FFFFFF	3.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3672C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#738AC1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8477C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd38c5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 56, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.244 334.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ec7fd7',
    500: '#dd38c5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd38c5;
$custom-light: #ec7fd7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd38c5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 308.727,
    "s": 70.815,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63822,
    "c": 0.24435,
    "h": 334.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.22232
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD38C5

secondary

#95DBA0

accent

#EE543A

background

#FFF8FD

surface

#FEF0FA

border

#D6CBD3

text

#170B14

muted

#857C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD38C5

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

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