#DE38D3#DE38D3

#DE38D3 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.254 H 331.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE38D3
RGB	rgb(222, 56, 211)
HSL	hsl(304, 72%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(304, 75%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.8%, 5%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.14, 78.08, -44.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.14, 89.97, 330.21°)
OKLab	oklab(64.7% 0.2226 -0.1232)
OKLCH	oklch(64.7% 0.254 331)
XYZ	xyz(43.2962, 23.0646, 63.7870)
Luminance	0.2306 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE38D3 #38DE43

analogous

#9638DE #DE38D3 #DE3880

triadic

#DE38D3 #D3DE38 #38D3DE

tetradic

#DE38D3 #DE9638 #38DE43 #3880DE

square

#DE38D3 #DE9638 #38DE43 #3880DE

split-complementary

#DE38D3 #80DE38 #38DE96

monochromatic

#85167E #BA1FB0 #DE38D3 #E76CDF #EFA1EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.74

#DE38D3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.61

#DE38D3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DE38D3

5.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE38D3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE38D3	1.00	3.74	5.61	5.61
#FFFFFF	3.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2675D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D8CCF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E74E83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de38d3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 56, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.254 331.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ed80e1',
    500: '#de38d3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de38d3;
$custom-light: #ed80e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de38d3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 303.976,
    "s": 71.552,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64699,
    "c": 0.25446,
    "h": 331
  },
  "luminance": 0.23061
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE38D3

secondary

#96DC9A

accent

#EE453A

background

#FFF8FD

surface

#FEF0FB

border

#D6CBD4

text

#170B15

muted

#857C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE38D3

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

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