#DD55E4#DD55E4

#DD55E4 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.234 H 325.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD55E4
RGB	rgb(221, 85, 228)
HSL	hsl(297, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(297, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.1%, 62.7%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.41, 70.54, -47.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.41, 85.07, 326.01°)
OKLab	oklab(68.03% 0.1936 -0.1318)
OKLCH	oklch(68.03% 0.234 325.8)
XYZ	xyz(47.0699, 27.4735, 76.2074)
Luminance	0.2747 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD55E4 #5CE455

analogous

#9655E4 #DD55E4 #E455A4

triadic

#DD55E4 #E4DD55 #55E4DD

tetradic

#DD55E4 #E49655 #5CE455 #55A4E4

square

#DD55E4 #E49655 #5CE455 #55A4E4

split-complementary

#DD55E4 #A4E455 #55E496

monochromatic

#9E1AA4 #D023D9 #DD55E4 #E88AEC #F2BFF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#DD55E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.49

#DD55E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DD55E4

6.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD55E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD55E4	1.00	3.23	6.49	6.49
#FFFFFF	3.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3D84E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7295E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E26995

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd55e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 85, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.234 325.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eb8eed',
    500: '#dd55e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd55e4;
$custom-light: #eb8eed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd55e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 297.063,
    "s": 72.589,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68025,
    "c": 0.23418,
    "h": 325.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27471
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD55E4

secondary

#B2E5B0

accent

#D5111A

background

#FEF9FE

surface

#FDF1FD

border

#D5CBD5

text

#170D16

muted

#857E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD55E4

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

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