#DD42D2#DD42D2

#DD42D2 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.243 H 331.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD42D2
RGB	rgb(221, 66, 210)
HSL	hsl(304, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(304, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.1%, 5%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.01, 74.62, -42.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.01, 86.00, 330.19°)
OKLab	oklab(65.28% 0.2127 -0.1177)
OKLCH	oklch(65.28% 0.243 331)
XYZ	xyz(43.3998, 23.9251, 63.2925)
Luminance	0.2392 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD42D2 #42DD4D

analogous

#9B42DD #DD42D2 #DD4285

triadic

#DD42D2 #D2DD42 #42D2DD

tetradic

#DD42D2 #DD9B42 #42DD4D #4285DD

square

#DD42D2 #DD9B42 #42DD4D #4285DD

split-complementary

#DD42D2 #85DD42 #42DD9B

monochromatic

#8C1983 #BF22B4 #DD42D2 #E676DE #F0AAEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.63

#DD42D2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.78

#DD42D2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DD42D2

5.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD42D2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD42D2	1.00	3.63	5.78	5.78
#FFFFFF	3.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3579D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#718ECE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E65486

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd42d2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 66, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.243 331.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eb84e0',
    500: '#dd42d2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd42d2;
$custom-light: #eb84e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd42d2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 304.258,
    "s": 69.507,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65279,
    "c": 0.24306,
    "h": 331
  },
  "luminance": 0.23922
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD42D2

secondary

#9DDDA2

accent

#EC483B

background

#FEF8FD

surface

#FDF0FB

border

#D5CBD4

text

#170C15

muted

#857D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD42D2

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

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