#DD42D4#DD42D4

#DD42D4 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.245 H 330.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD42D4
RGB	rgb(221, 66, 212)
HSL	hsl(303, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(303, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.1%, 4.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.11, 74.93, -43.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.11, 86.76, 329.73°)
OKLab	oklab(65.38% 0.2127 -0.1205)
OKLCH	oklch(65.38% 0.245 330.5)
XYZ	xyz(43.6505, 24.0254, 64.6129)
Luminance	0.2402 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD42D4 #42DD4B

analogous

#9942DD #DD42D4 #DD4287

triadic

#DD42D4 #D4DD42 #42D4DD

tetradic

#DD42D4 #DD9942 #42DD4B #4287DD

square

#DD42D4 #DD9942 #42DD4B #4287DD

split-complementary

#DD42D4 #87DD42 #42DD99

monochromatic

#8C1985 #BF22B6 #DD42D4 #E676E0 #F0AAEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.62

#DD42D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.80

#DD42D4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DD42D4

5.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD42D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD42D4	1.00	3.62	5.80	5.80
#FFFFFF	3.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3379D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#708ED0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E55587

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd42d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 66, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.245 330.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ec84e2',
    500: '#dd42d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd42d4;
$custom-light: #ec84e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd42d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 303.484,
    "s": 69.507,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65383,
    "c": 0.24452,
    "h": 330.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.24022
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD42D4

secondary

#9DDDA1

accent

#EC463B

background

#FEF8FD

surface

#FDF0FB

border

#D5CBD4

text

#170C15

muted

#857D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD42D4

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

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