#DD42C5#DD42C5

#DD42C5 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.234 H 334.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD42C5
RGB	rgb(221, 66, 197)
HSL	hsl(309, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(309, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.1%, 10.9%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.38, 72.68, -36.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.38, 81.25, 333.46°)
OKLab	oklab(64.62% 0.2118 -0.0992)
OKLCH	oklch(64.62% 0.234 334.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.8455, 23.3034, 55.1066)
Luminance	0.2330 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD42C5 #42DD5A

analogous

#A842DD #DD42C5 #DD4278

triadic

#DD42C5 #C5DD42 #42C5DD

tetradic

#DD42C5 #DDA842 #42DD5A #4278DD

square

#DD42C5 #DDA842 #42DD5A #4278DD

split-complementary

#DD42C5 #78DD42 #42DDA8

monochromatic

#8C197A #BF22A7 #DD42C5 #E676D5 #F0AAE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.71

#DD42C5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.66

#DD42C5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DD42C5

5.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD42C5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD42C5	1.00	3.71	5.66	5.66
#FFFFFF	3.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4176C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#778DC1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E84E7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd42c5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 66, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.234 334.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eb84d7',
    500: '#dd42c5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd42c5;
$custom-light: #eb84d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd42c5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 309.29,
    "s": 69.507,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64621,
    "c": 0.23384,
    "h": 334.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.233
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD42C5

secondary

#9DDDA7

accent

#EC573B

background

#FEF8FD

surface

#FDF0FA

border

#D5CBD3

text

#170C14

muted

#857D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD42C5

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

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