#DD40C5#DD40C5

#DD40C5 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.236 H 334.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD40C5
RGB	rgb(221, 64, 197)
HSL	hsl(309, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(309, 71%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71%, 10.9%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.15, 73.35, -36.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.15, 82.01, 333.43°)
OKLab	oklab(64.45% 0.2137 -0.1002)
OKLCH	oklch(64.45% 0.236 334.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.7307, 23.0738, 55.0684)
Luminance	0.2307 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD40C5 #40DD58

analogous

#A640DD #DD40C5 #DD4076

triadic

#DD40C5 #C5DD40 #40C5DD

tetradic

#DD40C5 #DDA640 #40DD58 #4076DD

square

#DD40C5 #DDA640 #40DD58 #4076DD

split-complementary

#DD40C5 #76DD40 #40DDA6

monochromatic

#8A1979 #BE22A6 #DD40C5 #E674D5 #EFA8E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.74

#DD40C5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.61

#DD40C5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DD40C5

5.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD40C5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD40C5	1.00	3.74	5.61	5.61
#FFFFFF	3.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F75C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#768CC1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E84D7E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd40c5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 64, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.236 334.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ec83d7',
    500: '#dd40c5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd40c5;
$custom-light: #ec83d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd40c5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 309.172,
    "s": 69.778,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64451,
    "c": 0.23606,
    "h": 334.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.2307
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD40C5

secondary

#9CDDA6

accent

#ED563B

background

#FEF8FD

surface

#FDF0FA

border

#D5CBD3

text

#170C14

muted

#857D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD40C5

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

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