#DD40DD#DD40DD

#DD40DD is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.253 H 328.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD40DD
RGB	rgb(221, 64, 221)
HSL	hsl(300, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(300, 71%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.35, 76.99, -48.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.35, 90.97, 327.81°)
OKLab	oklab(65.7% 0.2148 -0.1342)
OKLCH	oklch(65.7% 0.253 328)
XYZ	xyz(44.7028, 24.2626, 70.7213)
Luminance	0.2426 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD40DD #40DD40

analogous

#8E40DD #DD40DD #DD408E

triadic

#DD40DD #DDDD40 #40DDDD

tetradic

#DD40DD #DD8E40 #40DD40 #408EDD

square

#DD40DD #DD8E40 #40DD40 #408EDD

split-complementary

#DD40DD #8EDD40 #40DD8E

monochromatic

#8A198A #BE22BE #DD40DD #E674E6 #EFA8EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#DD40DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.85

#DD40DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DD40DD

5.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD40DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD40DD	1.00	3.59	5.85	5.85
#FFFFFF	3.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#227AE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A8ED9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E4588B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd40dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 64, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.253 328.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ec83e8',
    500: '#dd40dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd40dd;
$custom-light: #ec83e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd40dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 69.778,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65704,
    "c": 0.25328,
    "h": 328
  },
  "luminance": 0.24259
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD40DD

secondary

#9CDD9C

accent

#ED3B3B

background

#FFF8FE

surface

#FEF0FD

border

#D6CBD5

text

#170C16

muted

#857D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD40DD

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

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