#DD42C9#DD42C9

#DD42C9 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.237 H 333.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD42C9
RGB	rgb(221, 66, 201)
HSL	hsl(308, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(308, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.1%, 9%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.57, 73.27, -38.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.57, 82.68, 332.40°)
OKLab	oklab(64.82% 0.2121 -0.1049)
OKLCH	oklch(64.82% 0.237 333.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.3099, 23.4892, 57.5525)
Luminance	0.2349 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD42C9 #42DD56

analogous

#A442DD #DD42C9 #DD427C

triadic

#DD42C9 #C9DD42 #42C9DD

tetradic

#DD42C9 #DDA442 #42DD56 #427CDD

square

#DD42C9 #DDA442 #42DD56 #427CDD

split-complementary

#DD42C9 #7CDD42 #42DDA4

monochromatic

#8C197D #BF22AB #DD42C9 #E676D8 #F0AAE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.69

#DD42C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.70

#DD42C9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DD42C9

5.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD42C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD42C9	1.00	3.69	5.70	5.70
#FFFFFF	3.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3E77CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#758DC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E75081

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd42c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 66, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.237 333.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eb84da',
    500: '#dd42c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd42c9;
$custom-light: #eb84da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd42c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 307.742,
    "s": 69.507,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64819,
    "c": 0.23662,
    "h": 333.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.23486
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD42C9

secondary

#9DDDA6

accent

#EC523B

background

#FEF8FD

surface

#FDF0FA

border

#D5CBD3

text

#170C15

muted

#857D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD42C9

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

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