#DD42D8#DD42D8

#DD42D8 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.247 H 329.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD42D8
RGB	rgb(221, 66, 216)
HSL	hsl(302, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(302, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.1%, 2.3%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.32, 75.55, -45.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.32, 88.29, 328.84°)
OKLab	oklab(65.6% 0.2129 -0.1262)
OKLCH	oklch(65.6% 0.247 329.3)
XYZ	xyz(44.1613, 24.2297, 67.3033)
Luminance	0.2423 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD42D8 #42DD47

analogous

#9442DD #DD42D8 #DD428B

triadic

#DD42D8 #D8DD42 #42D8DD

tetradic

#DD42D8 #DD9442 #42DD47 #428BDD

square

#DD42D8 #DD9442 #42DD47 #428BDD

split-complementary

#DD42D8 #8BDD42 #42DD94

monochromatic

#8C1988 #BF22BA #DD42D8 #E676E3 #F0AAED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#DD42D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.85

#DD42D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DD42D8

5.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD42D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD42D8	1.00	3.59	5.85	5.85
#FFFFFF	3.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2D7ADC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E8ED4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E55789

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd42d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 66, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.247 329.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ec84e4',
    500: '#dd42d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd42d8;
$custom-light: #ec84e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd42d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 301.935,
    "s": 69.507,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65596,
    "c": 0.24746,
    "h": 329.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.24226
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD42D8

secondary

#9DDDA0

accent

#EC413B

background

#FEF8FE

surface

#FDF0FC

border

#D5CBD5

text

#170C16

muted

#857D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD42D8

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

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