#DD42D5#DD42D5

#DD42D5 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.245 H 330.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD42D5
RGB	rgb(221, 66, 213)
HSL	hsl(303, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(303, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.1%, 3.6%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.16, 75.08, -44.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.16, 87.14, 329.50°)
OKLab	oklab(65.44% 0.2128 -0.122)
OKLCH	oklch(65.44% 0.245 330.2)
XYZ	xyz(43.7770, 24.0760, 65.2793)
Luminance	0.2407 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD42D5 #42DD4A

analogous

#9842DD #DD42D5 #DD4288

triadic

#DD42D5 #D5DD42 #42D5DD

tetradic

#DD42D5 #DD9842 #42DD4A #4288DD

square

#DD42D5 #DD9842 #42DD4A #4288DD

split-complementary

#DD42D5 #88DD42 #42DD98

monochromatic

#8C1986 #BF22B7 #DD42D5 #E676E1 #F0AAEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.61

#DD42D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.81

#DD42D5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DD42D5

5.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD42D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD42D5	1.00	3.61	5.81	5.81
#FFFFFF	3.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3179D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#708ED1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E55687

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd42d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 66, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.245 330.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ec84e2',
    500: '#dd42d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd42d5;
$custom-light: #ec84e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd42d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 303.097,
    "s": 69.507,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65436,
    "c": 0.24525,
    "h": 330.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24073
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD42D5

secondary

#9DDDA1

accent

#EC453B

background

#FEF8FD

surface

#FDF0FB

border

#D5CBD4

text

#170C15

muted

#857D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD42D5

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

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