#DD88E6#DD88E6

#DD88E6 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.158 H 323.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD88E6
RGB	rgb(221, 136, 230)
HSL	hsl(294, 65%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(294, 41%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.9%, 40.9%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.53, 46.94, -34.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.53, 58.18, 323.79°)
OKLab	oklab(74.78% 0.1274 -0.0942)
OKLCH	oklch(74.78% 0.158 323.5)
XYZ	xyz(52.9044, 38.6958, 79.5298)
Luminance	0.3869 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD88E6 #91E688

analogous

#AE88E6 #DD88E6 #E688C0

triadic

#DD88E6 #E6DD88 #88E6DD

tetradic

#DD88E6 #E6AE88 #91E688 #88C0E6

square

#DD88E6 #E6AE88 #91E688 #88C0E6

split-complementary

#DD88E6 #C0E688 #88E6AE

monochromatic

#BA2AC9 #CF55DB #DD88E6 #EBBBF1 #F8E6FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#DD88E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.74

#DD88E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DD88E6

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD88E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD88E6	1.00	2.40	8.74	8.74
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7EA1E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94ABE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E092AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd88e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 136, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.158 323.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9acee',
    500: '#dd88e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd88e6;
$custom-light: #e9acee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd88e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 294.255,
    "s": 65.278,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74778,
    "c": 0.15845,
    "h": 323.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38694
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD88E6

secondary

#DBF1D9

accent

#CD182A

background

#FEFAFE

surface

#FDF4FD

border

#D5CED5

text

#161016

muted

#847F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD88E6

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

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