#DD55E6#DD55E6

#DD55E6 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.236 H 325.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD55E6
RGB	rgb(221, 85, 230)
HSL	hsl(296, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(296, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.9%, 63%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.51, 70.88, -48.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.51, 85.89, 325.61°)
OKLab	oklab(68.13% 0.1937 -0.1345)
OKLCH	oklch(68.13% 0.236 325.2)
XYZ	xyz(47.3491, 27.5852, 77.6781)
Luminance	0.2758 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD55E6 #5EE655

analogous

#9555E6 #DD55E6 #E655A7

triadic

#DD55E6 #E6DD55 #55E6DD

tetradic

#DD55E6 #E69555 #5EE655 #55A7E6

square

#DD55E6 #E69555 #5EE655 #55A7E6

split-complementary

#DD55E6 #A7E655 #55E695

monochromatic

#9F19A8 #D221DD #DD55E6 #E88AEE #F2C0F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#DD55E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.52

#DD55E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DD55E6

6.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD55E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD55E6	1.00	3.22	6.52	6.52
#FFFFFF	3.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3B85EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7095E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E26A96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd55e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 85, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.236 325.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eb8eee',
    500: '#dd55e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd55e6;
$custom-light: #eb8eee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd55e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 296.276,
    "s": 74.359,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68131,
    "c": 0.23582,
    "h": 325.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27582
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD55E6

secondary

#B4E6B1

accent

#D60F1B

background

#FEF9FE

surface

#FDF1FD

border

#D5CBD5

text

#170D16

muted

#857E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD55E6

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

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