#DD42C6#DD42C6

#DD42C6 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.235 H 334.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD42C6
RGB	rgb(221, 66, 198)
HSL	hsl(309, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(309, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.1%, 10.4%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.43, 72.83, -36.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.43, 81.60, 333.19°)
OKLab	oklab(64.67% 0.2119 -0.1006)
OKLCH	oklch(64.67% 0.235 334.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.9605, 23.3494, 55.7121)
Luminance	0.2335 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD42C6 #42DD59

analogous

#A742DD #DD42C6 #DD4279

triadic

#DD42C6 #C6DD42 #42C6DD

tetradic

#DD42C6 #DDA742 #42DD59 #4279DD

square

#DD42C6 #DDA742 #42DD59 #4279DD

split-complementary

#DD42C6 #79DD42 #42DDA7

monochromatic

#8C197B #BF22A8 #DD42C6 #E676D6 #F0AAE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.70

#DD42C6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.67

#DD42C6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DD42C6

5.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD42C6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD42C6	1.00	3.70	5.67	5.67
#FFFFFF	3.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4076CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#778DC2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E74F7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd42c6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 66, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.235 334.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eb84d7',
    500: '#dd42c6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd42c6;
$custom-light: #eb84d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd42c6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 308.903,
    "s": 69.507,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6467,
    "c": 0.23454,
    "h": 334.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23346
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD42C6

secondary

#9DDDA7

accent

#EC563B

background

#FEF8FD

surface

#FDF0FA

border

#D5CBD3

text

#170C14

muted

#857D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD42C6

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

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