#DD42C7#DD42C7

#DD42C7 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.234; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.235 H 334.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD42C7
RGB	rgb(221, 66, 199)
HSL	hsl(309, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(309, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.1%, 10%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.48, 72.98, -37.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.48, 81.96, 332.92°)
OKLab	oklab(64.72% 0.2119 -0.102)
OKLCH	oklch(64.72% 0.235 334.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.0762, 23.3957, 56.3215)
Luminance	0.2339 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD42C7 #42DD58

analogous

#A642DD #DD42C7 #DD427A

triadic

#DD42C7 #C7DD42 #42C7DD

tetradic

#DD42C7 #DDA642 #42DD58 #427ADD

square

#DD42C7 #DDA642 #42DD58 #427ADD

split-complementary

#DD42C7 #7ADD42 #42DDA6

monochromatic

#8C197B #BF22A9 #DD42C7 #E676D6 #F0AAE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.70

#DD42C7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.68

#DD42C7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DD42C7

5.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD42C7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD42C7	1.00	3.70	5.68	5.68
#FFFFFF	3.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F76CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#768DC3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E74F80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd42c7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 66, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.235 334.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eb84d8',
    500: '#dd42c7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd42c7;
$custom-light: #eb84d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd42c7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 308.516,
    "s": 69.507,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64719,
    "c": 0.23522,
    "h": 334.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.23392
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD42C7

secondary

#9DDDA7

accent

#EC553B

background

#FEF8FD

surface

#FDF0FA

border

#D5CBD3

text

#170C14

muted

#857D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD42C7

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

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