#DD40C3#DD40C3

#DD40C3 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.235 H 335.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD40C3
RGB	rgb(221, 64, 195)
HSL	hsl(310, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(310, 71%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71%, 11.8%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.05, 73.06, -35.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.05, 81.31, 333.97°)
OKLab	oklab(64.35% 0.2136 -0.0973)
OKLCH	oklch(64.35% 0.235 335.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.5031, 22.9827, 53.8695)
Luminance	0.2298 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD40C3 #40DD5A

analogous

#A840DD #DD40C3 #DD4074

triadic

#DD40C3 #C3DD40 #40C3DD

tetradic

#DD40C3 #DDA840 #40DD5A #4074DD

square

#DD40C3 #DDA840 #40DD5A #4074DD

split-complementary

#DD40C3 #74DD40 #40DDA8

monochromatic

#8A1977 #BE22A4 #DD40C3 #E674D3 #EFA8E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.75

#DD40C3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.60

#DD40C3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DD40C3

5.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD40C3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD40C3	1.00	3.75	5.60	5.60
#FFFFFF	3.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4175C7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#778CBF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E84C7D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd40c3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 64, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.235 335.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ec83d5',
    500: '#dd40c3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd40c3;
$custom-light: #ec83d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd40c3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 309.936,
    "s": 69.778,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64353,
    "c": 0.23469,
    "h": 335.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22979
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD40C3

secondary

#9CDDA7

accent

#ED593B

background

#FEF8FD

surface

#FDF0FA

border

#D5CBD3

text

#170C14

muted

#857D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD40C3

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

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