#DD42D6#DD42D6

#DD42D6 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.246 H 329.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD42D6
RGB	rgb(221, 66, 214)
HSL	hsl(303, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(303, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.1%, 3.2%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.21, 75.24, -44.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.21, 87.52, 329.28°)
OKLab	oklab(65.49% 0.2128 -0.1234)
OKLCH	oklch(65.49% 0.246 329.9)
XYZ	xyz(43.9044, 24.1270, 65.9499)
Luminance	0.2412 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD42D6 #42DD49

analogous

#9742DD #DD42D6 #DD4289

triadic

#DD42D6 #D6DD42 #42D6DD

tetradic

#DD42D6 #DD9742 #42DD49 #4289DD

square

#DD42D6 #DD9742 #42DD49 #4289DD

split-complementary

#DD42D6 #89DD42 #42DD97

monochromatic

#8C1986 #BF22B8 #DD42D6 #E676E1 #F0AAED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.61

#DD42D6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.82

#DD42D6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DD42D6

5.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD42D6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD42D6	1.00	3.61	5.82	5.82
#FFFFFF	3.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3079DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F8ED2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E55688

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd42d6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 66, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.246 329.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ec84e3',
    500: '#dd42d6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd42d6;
$custom-light: #ec84e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd42d6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 302.71,
    "s": 69.507,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65489,
    "c": 0.24599,
    "h": 329.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.24124
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD42D6

secondary

#9DDDA0

accent

#EC433B

background

#FEF8FD

surface

#FDF0FB

border

#D5CBD4

text

#170C15

muted

#857D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD42D6

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

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