#DD55EE#DD55EE

#DD55EE is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.242 H 323.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD55EE
RGB	rgb(221, 85, 238)
HSL	hsl(293, 82%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(293, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.1%, 64.3%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.93, 72.26, -52.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.93, 89.22, 324.09°)
OKLab	oklab(68.57% 0.1939 -0.1456)
OKLCH	oklch(68.57% 0.242 323.1)
XYZ	xyz(48.4984, 28.0449, 83.7310)
Luminance	0.2804 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD55EE #66EE55

analogous

#9055EE #DD55EE #EE55B3

triadic

#DD55EE #EEDD55 #55EEDD

tetradic

#DD55EE #EE9055 #66EE55 #55B3EE

square

#DD55EE #EE9055 #66EE55 #55B3EE

split-complementary

#DD55EE #B3EE55 #55EE90

monochromatic

#A412B6 #D21DE8 #DD55EE #E88DF4 #F3C4F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#DD55EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.61

#DD55EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DD55EE

6.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD55EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD55EE	1.00	3.18	6.61	6.61
#FFFFFF	3.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3186F3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C96EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E06D9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd55ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 85, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.242 323.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eb8ef4',
    500: '#dd55ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd55ee;
$custom-light: #eb8ef4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd55ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 293.333,
    "s": 81.818,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68568,
    "c": 0.24246,
    "h": 323.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.28042
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD55EE

secondary

#BAEBB4

accent

#DE071F

background

#FEF9FE

surface

#FDF1FD

border

#D5CBD5

text

#170D17

muted

#857E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD55EE

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

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