#DD55E0#DD55E0

#DD55E0 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.231 H 326.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD55E0
RGB	rgb(221, 85, 224)
HSL	hsl(299, 69%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(299, 62%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.3%, 62.1%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.21, 69.86, -45.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.21, 83.44, 326.85°)
OKLab	oklab(67.81% 0.1934 -0.1262)
OKLCH	oklch(67.81% 0.231 326.9)
XYZ	xyz(46.5210, 27.2539, 73.3168)
Luminance	0.2725 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD55E0 #58E055

analogous

#9755E0 #DD55E0 #E0559D

triadic

#DD55E0 #E0DD55 #55E0DD

tetradic

#DD55E0 #E09755 #58E055 #559DE0

square

#DD55E0 #E09755 #58E055 #559DE0

split-complementary

#DD55E0 #9DE055 #55E097

monochromatic

#9B1D9E #CE26D2 #DD55E0 #E789E9 #F2BDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#DD55E0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.45

#DD55E0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DD55E0

6.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD55E0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD55E0	1.00	3.26	6.45	6.45
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4183E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7495DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E36893

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd55e0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 85, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.231 326.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eb8eea',
    500: '#dd55e0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd55e0;
$custom-light: #eb8eea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd55e0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 298.705,
    "s": 69.154,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67813,
    "c": 0.23092,
    "h": 326.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27251
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD55E0

secondary

#AFE3AE

accent

#D11418

background

#FEF9FE

surface

#FDF1FD

border

#D5CBD5

text

#170D16

muted

#857E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD55E0

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

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