#DD42D9#DD42D9

#DD42D9 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.248 H 329.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD42D9
RGB	rgb(221, 66, 217)
HSL	hsl(302, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(302, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.1%, 1.8%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.37, 75.71, -46.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.37, 88.67, 328.62°)
OKLab	oklab(65.65% 0.2129 -0.1276)
OKLCH	oklch(65.65% 0.248 329.1)
XYZ	xyz(44.2910, 24.2816, 67.9862)
Luminance	0.2428 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD42D9 #42DD46

analogous

#9442DD #DD42D9 #DD428C

triadic

#DD42D9 #D9DD42 #42D9DD

tetradic

#DD42D9 #DD9442 #42DD46 #428CDD

square

#DD42D9 #DD9442 #42DD46 #428CDD

split-complementary

#DD42D9 #8CDD42 #42DD94

monochromatic

#8C1989 #BF22BB #DD42D9 #E676E3 #F0AAEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#DD42D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.86

#DD42D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DD42D9

5.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD42D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD42D9	1.00	3.59	5.86	5.86
#FFFFFF	3.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2C7ADD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D8ED5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E45789

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd42d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 66, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.248 329.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ec84e5',
    500: '#dd42d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd42d9;
$custom-light: #ec84e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd42d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 301.548,
    "s": 69.507,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6565,
    "c": 0.24819,
    "h": 329.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.24278
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD42D9

secondary

#9DDD9F

accent

#EC403B

background

#FEF8FE

surface

#FDF0FC

border

#D5CBD5

text

#170C16

muted

#857D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD42D9

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

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