#DD42D3#DD42D3

#DD42D3 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.244 H 330.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD42D3
RGB	rgb(221, 66, 211)
HSL	hsl(304, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(304, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.1%, 4.5%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.06, 74.78, -43.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.06, 86.38, 329.96°)
OKLab	oklab(65.33% 0.2127 -0.1191)
OKLCH	oklch(65.33% 0.244 330.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.5248, 23.9751, 63.9507)
Luminance	0.2397 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD42D3 #42DD4C

analogous

#9A42DD #DD42D3 #DD4286

triadic

#DD42D3 #D3DD42 #42D3DD

tetradic

#DD42D3 #DD9A42 #42DD4C #4286DD

square

#DD42D3 #DD9A42 #42DD4C #4286DD

split-complementary

#DD42D3 #86DD42 #42DD9A

monochromatic

#8C1984 #BF22B5 #DD42D3 #E676DF #F0AAEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.62

#DD42D3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.79

#DD42D3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DD42D3

5.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD42D3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD42D3	1.00	3.62	5.79	5.79
#FFFFFF	3.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3479D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#718ECF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E55586

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd42d3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 66, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.244 330.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eb84e1',
    500: '#dd42d3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd42d3;
$custom-light: #eb84e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd42d3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 303.871,
    "s": 69.507,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65331,
    "c": 0.24379,
    "h": 330.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.23972
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD42D3

secondary

#9DDDA2

accent

#EC473B

background

#FEF8FD

surface

#FDF0FB

border

#D5CBD4

text

#170C15

muted

#857D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD42D3

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

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