#DD53E3#DD53E3

#DD53E3 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.236 H 326.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD53E3
RGB	rgb(221, 83, 227)
HSL	hsl(298, 72%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(298, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 63.4%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.07, 71.16, -47.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.07, 85.58, 326.26°)
OKLab	oklab(67.77% 0.1958 -0.1317)
OKLCH	oklch(67.77% 0.236 326.1)
XYZ	xyz(46.7762, 27.1077, 75.4267)
Luminance	0.2711 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD53E3 #59E353

analogous

#9553E3 #DD53E3 #E353A1

triadic

#DD53E3 #E3DD53 #53E3DD

tetradic

#DD53E3 #E39553 #59E353 #53A1E3

square

#DD53E3 #E39553 #59E353 #53A1E3

split-complementary

#DD53E3 #A1E353 #53E395

monochromatic

#9C1AA1 #CF23D6 #DD53E3 #E788EC #F2BCF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#DD53E3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.42

#DD53E3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DD53E3

6.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD53E3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD53E3	1.00	3.27	6.42	6.42
#FFFFFF	3.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3B83E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7194DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E26894

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd53e3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 83, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.236 326.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eb8dec',
    500: '#dd53e3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd53e3;
$custom-light: #eb8dec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd53e3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 297.5,
    "s": 72,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67765,
    "c": 0.23593,
    "h": 326.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27105
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD53E3

secondary

#B0E4AE

accent

#D4111A

background

#FEF9FE

surface

#FDF1FD

border

#D5CBD5

text

#170D16

muted

#857E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD53E3

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

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