#DD42DB#DD42DB

#DD42DB is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.250 H 328.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD42DB
RGB	rgb(221, 66, 219)
HSL	hsl(301, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(301, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.1%, 0.9%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.47, 76.02, -47.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.47, 89.45, 328.20°)
OKLab	oklab(65.76% 0.2129 -0.1304)
OKLCH	oklch(65.76% 0.25 328.5)
XYZ	xyz(44.5527, 24.3863, 69.3645)
Luminance	0.2438 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD42DB #42DD44

analogous

#9242DD #DD42DB #DD428E

triadic

#DD42DB #DBDD42 #42DBDD

tetradic

#DD42DB #DD9242 #42DD44 #428EDD

square

#DD42DB #DD9242 #42DD44 #428EDD

split-complementary

#DD42DB #8EDD42 #42DD92

monochromatic

#8C198A #BF22BD #DD42DB #E676E5 #F0AAEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.57

#DD42DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.88

#DD42DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DD42DB

5.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD42DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD42DB	1.00	3.57	5.88	5.88
#FFFFFF	3.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#297ADF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C8FD7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E4588B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd42db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 66, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.250 328.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ec84e7',
    500: '#dd42db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd42db;
$custom-light: #ec84e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd42db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300.774,
    "s": 69.507,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65758,
    "c": 0.24968,
    "h": 328.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.24383
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD42DB

secondary

#9DDD9E

accent

#EC3E3B

background

#FEF8FE

surface

#FDF0FC

border

#D5CBD5

text

#170C16

muted

#857D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD42DB

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

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