#DD40DC#DD40DC

#DD40DC is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.253 H 328.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD40DC
RGB	rgb(221, 64, 220)
HSL	hsl(300, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(300, 71%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71%, 0.5%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.30, 76.83, -47.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.30, 90.58, 328.01°)
OKLab	oklab(65.65% 0.2148 -0.1328)
OKLCH	oklch(65.65% 0.253 328.3)
XYZ	xyz(44.5699, 24.2095, 70.0217)
Luminance	0.2421 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD40DC #40DD41

analogous

#8F40DD #DD40DC #DD408D

triadic

#DD40DC #DCDD40 #40DCDD

tetradic

#DD40DC #DD8F40 #40DD41 #408DDD

square

#DD40DC #DD8F40 #40DD41 #408DDD

split-complementary

#DD40DC #8DDD40 #40DD8F

monochromatic

#8A1989 #BE22BD #DD40DC #E674E6 #EFA8EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.60

#DD40DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.84

#DD40DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DD40DC

5.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD40DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD40DC	1.00	3.60	5.84	5.84
#FFFFFF	3.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#247AE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B8ED8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E4588B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd40dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 64, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.253 328.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ec83e7',
    500: '#dd40dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd40dc;
$custom-light: #ec83e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd40dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300.382,
    "s": 69.778,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65649,
    "c": 0.25254,
    "h": 328.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.24206
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD40DC

secondary

#9CDD9C

accent

#ED3C3B

background

#FFF8FE

surface

#FEF0FC

border

#D6CBD5

text

#170C16

muted

#857D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD40DC

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

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