#DD38CD#DD38CD

#DD38CD is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.250 H 332.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD38CD
RGB	rgb(221, 56, 205)
HSL	hsl(306, 71%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(306, 75%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.7%, 7.2%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.67, 76.99, -42.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.67, 87.71, 331.37°)
OKLab	oklab(64.23% 0.2215 -0.1155)
OKLCH	oklch(64.23% 0.25 332.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.2526, 22.6118, 59.8850)
Luminance	0.2261 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD38CD #38DD48

analogous

#9B38DD #DD38CD #DD387B

triadic

#DD38CD #CDDD38 #38CDDD

tetradic

#DD38CD #DD9B38 #38DD48 #387BDD

square

#DD38CD #DD9B38 #38DD48 #387BDD

split-complementary

#DD38CD #7BDD38 #38DD9B

monochromatic

#841779 #B81FA9 #DD38CD #E66CDA #EFA1E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.80

#DD38CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.52

#DD38CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DD38CD

5.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD38CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD38CD	1.00	3.80	5.52	5.52
#FFFFFF	3.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2D74D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F8BC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E74B80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd38cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 56, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.250 332.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ec80dd',
    500: '#dd38cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd38cd;
$custom-light: #ec80dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd38cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 305.818,
    "s": 70.815,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64233,
    "c": 0.2498,
    "h": 332.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22608
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD38CD

secondary

#95DB9C

accent

#EE4C3A

background

#FFF8FD

surface

#FEF0FB

border

#D6CBD4

text

#170B15

muted

#857C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD38CD

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

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