#DD55E5#DD55E5

#DD55E5 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.235 H 325.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD55E5
RGB	rgb(221, 85, 229)
HSL	hsl(297, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(297, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.5%, 62.9%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.46, 70.71, -48.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.46, 85.48, 325.81°)
OKLab	oklab(68.08% 0.1936 -0.1331)
OKLCH	oklch(68.08% 0.235 325.5)
XYZ	xyz(47.2091, 27.5292, 76.9406)
Luminance	0.2753 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD55E5 #5DE555

analogous

#9555E5 #DD55E5 #E555A5

triadic

#DD55E5 #E5DD55 #55E5DD

tetradic

#DD55E5 #E59555 #5DE555 #55A5E5

square

#DD55E5 #E59555 #5DE555 #55A5E5

split-complementary

#DD55E5 #A5E555 #55E595

monochromatic

#9E19A6 #D122DB #DD55E5 #E88AED #F2BFF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#DD55E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.51

#DD55E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DD55E5

6.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD55E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD55E5	1.00	3.23	6.51	6.51
#FFFFFF	3.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3C84E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7195E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E26A96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd55e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 85, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.235 325.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eb8eee',
    500: '#dd55e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd55e5;
$custom-light: #eb8eee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd55e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 296.667,
    "s": 73.469,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68078,
    "c": 0.235,
    "h": 325.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27526
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD55E5

secondary

#B3E6B0

accent

#D6101B

background

#FEF9FE

surface

#FDF1FD

border

#D5CBD5

text

#170D16

muted

#857E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD55E5

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

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