#DD38D3#DD38D3

#DD38D3 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.254 H 330.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD38D3
RGB	rgb(221, 56, 211)
HSL	hsl(304, 71%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(304, 75%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.7%, 4.5%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.98, 77.88, -44.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.98, 89.92, 330.00°)
OKLab	oklab(64.55% 0.2216 -0.124)
OKLCH	oklch(64.55% 0.254 330.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.9908, 22.9071, 63.7727)
Luminance	0.2290 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD38D3 #38DD42

analogous

#9438DD #DD38D3 #DD3881

triadic

#DD38D3 #D3DD38 #38D3DD

tetradic

#DD38D3 #DD9438 #38DD42 #3881DD

square

#DD38D3 #DD9438 #38DD42 #3881DD

split-complementary

#DD38D3 #81DD38 #38DD94

monochromatic

#84177D #B81FAF #DD38D3 #E66CDF #EFA1EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.76

#DD38D3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.58

#DD38D3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DD38D3

5.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD38D3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD38D3	1.00	3.76	5.58	5.58
#FFFFFF	3.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2575D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C8BCF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E64E83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd38d3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 56, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.254 330.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ec80e1',
    500: '#dd38d3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd38d3;
$custom-light: #ec80e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd38d3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 303.636,
    "s": 70.815,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64552,
    "c": 0.25399,
    "h": 330.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.22904
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD38D3

secondary

#95DB9A

accent

#EE453A

background

#FFF8FD

surface

#FEF0FB

border

#D6CBD4

text

#170B15

muted

#857C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD38D3

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

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