#DD40D6#DD40D6

#DD40D6 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.248 H 329.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD40D6
RGB	rgb(221, 64, 214)
HSL	hsl(303, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(303, 71%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71%, 3.2%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.98, 75.89, -45.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.98, 88.27, 329.29°)
OKLab	oklab(65.32% 0.2147 -0.1244)
OKLCH	oklch(65.32% 0.248 329.9)
XYZ	xyz(43.7895, 23.8973, 65.9116)
Luminance	0.2389 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD40D6 #40DD47

analogous

#9540DD #DD40D6 #DD4087

triadic

#DD40D6 #D6DD40 #40D6DD

tetradic

#DD40D6 #DD9540 #40DD47 #4087DD

square

#DD40D6 #DD9540 #40DD47 #4087DD

split-complementary

#DD40D6 #87DD40 #40DD95

monochromatic

#8A1985 #BE22B7 #DD40D6 #E674E1 #EFA8EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.63

#DD40D6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.78

#DD40D6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DD40D6

5.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD40D6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD40D6	1.00	3.63	5.78	5.78
#FFFFFF	3.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2D79DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E8ED2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E55587

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd40d6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 64, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.248 329.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ec83e3',
    500: '#dd40d6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd40d6;
$custom-light: #ec83e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd40d6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 302.675,
    "s": 69.778,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65324,
    "c": 0.24813,
    "h": 329.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.23894
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD40D6

secondary

#9CDD9F

accent

#ED433B

background

#FEF8FD

surface

#FDF0FB

border

#D5CBD4

text

#170C15

muted

#857D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD40D6

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

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