#DD42C4#DD42C4

#DD42C4 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.233 H 335.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD42C4
RGB	rgb(221, 66, 196)
HSL	hsl(310, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(310, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.1%, 11.3%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.34, 72.54, -35.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.34, 80.89, 333.73°)
OKLab	oklab(64.57% 0.2117 -0.0977)
OKLCH	oklch(64.57% 0.233 335.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.7313, 23.2577, 54.5052)
Luminance	0.2325 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD42C4 #42DD5B

analogous

#A842DD #DD42C4 #DD4277

triadic

#DD42C4 #C4DD42 #42C4DD

tetradic

#DD42C4 #DDA842 #42DD5B #4277DD

square

#DD42C4 #DDA842 #42DD5B #4277DD

split-complementary

#DD42C4 #77DD42 #42DDA8

monochromatic

#8C1979 #BF22A6 #DD42C4 #E676D4 #F0AAE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.72

#DD42C4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.65

#DD42C4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DD42C4

5.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD42C4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD42C4	1.00	3.72	5.65	5.65
#FFFFFF	3.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4276C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#788DC0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E84E7E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd42c4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 66, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.233 335.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eb84d6',
    500: '#dd42c4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd42c4;
$custom-light: #eb84d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd42c4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 309.677,
    "s": 69.507,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64572,
    "c": 0.23314,
    "h": 335.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.23254
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD42C4

secondary

#9DDDA8

accent

#EC583B

background

#FEF8FD

surface

#FDF0FA

border

#D5CBD3

text

#170C14

muted

#857D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD42C4

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

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