#DD42DC#DD42DC

#DD42DC is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.250 H 328.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD42DC
RGB	rgb(221, 66, 220)
HSL	hsl(300, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(300, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.1%, 0.5%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.52, 76.18, -47.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.52, 89.84, 327.99°)
OKLab	oklab(65.81% 0.2129 -0.1318)
OKLCH	oklch(65.81% 0.25 328.2)
XYZ	xyz(44.6848, 24.4391, 70.0600)
Luminance	0.2444 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD42DC #42DD43

analogous

#9142DD #DD42DC #DD428F

triadic

#DD42DC #DCDD42 #42DCDD

tetradic

#DD42DC #DD9142 #42DD43 #428FDD

square

#DD42DC #DD9142 #42DD43 #428FDD

split-complementary

#DD42DC #8FDD42 #42DD91

monochromatic

#8C198B #BF22BE #DD42DC #E676E6 #F0AAEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.57

#DD42DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.89

#DD42DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DD42DC

5.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD42DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD42DC	1.00	3.57	5.89	5.89
#FFFFFF	3.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#287BE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C8FD8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E4598B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd42dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 66, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.250 328.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ec84e7',
    500: '#dd42dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd42dc;
$custom-light: #ec84e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd42dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300.387,
    "s": 69.507,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65812,
    "c": 0.25043,
    "h": 328.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24436
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD42DC

secondary

#9DDD9E

accent

#EC3D3B

background

#FEF8FE

surface

#FDF0FC

border

#D5CBD5

text

#170C16

muted

#857D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD42DC

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

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