#DD42CE#DD42CE

#DD42CE is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.240 H 332.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD42CE
RGB	rgb(221, 66, 206)
HSL	hsl(306, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(306, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.1%, 6.8%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.81, 74.02, -40.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.81, 84.51, 331.14°)
OKLab	oklab(65.07% 0.2125 -0.112)
OKLCH	oklch(65.07% 0.24 332.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.9077, 23.7283, 60.7007)
Luminance	0.2372 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD42CE #42DD51

analogous

#9E42DD #DD42CE #DD4281

triadic

#DD42CE #CEDD42 #42CEDD

tetradic

#DD42CE #DD9E42 #42DD51 #4281DD

square

#DD42CE #DD9E42 #42DD51 #4281DD

split-complementary

#DD42CE #81DD42 #42DD9E

monochromatic

#8C1980 #BF22B0 #DD42CE #E676DB #F0AAE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.66

#DD42CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.75

#DD42CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DD42CE

5.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD42CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD42CE	1.00	3.66	5.75	5.75
#FFFFFF	3.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3978D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#738DCA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E65283

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd42ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 66, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.240 332.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eb84dd',
    500: '#dd42ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd42ce;
$custom-light: #eb84dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd42ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 305.806,
    "s": 69.507,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65072,
    "c": 0.24018,
    "h": 332.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.23725
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD42CE

secondary

#9DDDA4

accent

#EC4D3B

background

#FEF8FD

surface

#FDF0FB

border

#D5CBD4

text

#170C15

muted

#857D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD42CE

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

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