#DD42C8#DD42C8

#DD42C8 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.234; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.236 H 334.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD42C8
RGB	rgb(221, 66, 200)
HSL	hsl(308, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(308, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.1%, 9.5%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.52, 73.12, -37.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.52, 82.32, 332.66°)
OKLab	oklab(64.77% 0.212 -0.1035)
OKLCH	oklch(64.77% 0.236 334)
XYZ	xyz(42.1927, 23.4423, 56.9350)
Luminance	0.2344 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD42C8 #42DD57

analogous

#A542DD #DD42C8 #DD427B

triadic

#DD42C8 #C8DD42 #42C8DD

tetradic

#DD42C8 #DDA542 #42DD57 #427BDD

square

#DD42C8 #DDA542 #42DD57 #427BDD

split-complementary

#DD42C8 #7BDD42 #42DDA5

monochromatic

#8C197C #BF22AA #DD42C8 #E676D7 #F0AAE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.69

#DD42C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.69

#DD42C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DD42C8

5.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD42C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD42C8	1.00	3.69	5.69	5.69
#FFFFFF	3.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F77CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#768DC4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E75080

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd42c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 66, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.236 334.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eb84d9',
    500: '#dd42c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd42c8;
$custom-light: #eb84d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd42c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 308.129,
    "s": 69.507,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64769,
    "c": 0.23592,
    "h": 334
  },
  "luminance": 0.23439
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD42C8

secondary

#9DDDA6

accent

#EC533B

background

#FEF8FD

surface

#FDF0FA

border

#D5CBD3

text

#170C14

muted

#857D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD42C8

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

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