#DD55E1#DD55E1

#DD55E1 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.232 H 326.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD55E1
RGB	rgb(221, 85, 225)
HSL	hsl(298, 70%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(298, 62%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.8%, 62.2%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.26, 70.03, -46.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.26, 83.85, 326.64°)
OKLab	oklab(67.87% 0.1935 -0.1276)
OKLCH	oklch(67.87% 0.232 326.6)
XYZ	xyz(46.6571, 27.3083, 74.0331)
Luminance	0.2731 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD55E1 #59E155

analogous

#9755E1 #DD55E1 #E1559F

triadic

#DD55E1 #E1DD55 #55E1DD

tetradic

#DD55E1 #E19755 #59E155 #559FE1

square

#DD55E1 #E19755 #59E155 #559FE1

split-complementary

#DD55E1 #9FE155 #55E197

monochromatic

#9C1C9F #CF25D3 #DD55E1 #E789EA #F2BDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#DD55E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.46

#DD55E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DD55E1

6.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD55E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD55E1	1.00	3.25	6.46	6.46
#FFFFFF	3.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4084E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7395DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E36894

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd55e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 85, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.232 326.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eb8eeb',
    500: '#dd55e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd55e1;
$custom-light: #eb8eeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd55e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 298.286,
    "s": 70,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67866,
    "c": 0.23173,
    "h": 326.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27305
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD55E1

secondary

#B0E3AE

accent

#D21419

background

#FEF9FE

surface

#FDF1FD

border

#D5CBD5

text

#170D16

muted

#857E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD55E1

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

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