#DE38E2#DE38E2

#DE38E2 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.265 H 327.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE38E2
RGB	rgb(222, 56, 226)
HSL	hsl(299, 75%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(299, 75%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.8%, 75.2%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.94, 80.38, -51.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.94, 95.69, 327.13°)
OKLab	oklab(65.53% 0.2225 -0.1442)
OKLCH	oklch(65.53% 0.265 327)
XYZ	xyz(45.2651, 23.8522, 74.1566)
Luminance	0.2385 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE38E2 #3CE238

analogous

#8938E2 #DE38E2 #E23891

triadic

#DE38E2 #E2DE38 #38E2DE

tetradic

#DE38E2 #E28938 #3CE238 #3891E2

square

#DE38E2 #E28938 #3CE238 #3891E2

split-complementary

#DE38E2 #91E238 #38E289

monochromatic

#88148B #BD1CC1 #DE38E2 #E76DEA #F0A3F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.64

#DE38E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.77

#DE38E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DE38E2

5.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE38E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE38E2	1.00	3.64	5.77	5.77
#FFFFFF	3.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0079E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#658DDE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E4558C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de38e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 56, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.265 327.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ed81ec',
    500: '#de38e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de38e2;
$custom-light: #ed81ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de38e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 298.588,
    "s": 74.561,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65528,
    "c": 0.26516,
    "h": 327
  },
  "luminance": 0.23849
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE38E2

secondary

#99DE97

accent

#F1373B

background

#FFF8FE

surface

#FEF0FD

border

#D6CBD5

text

#170C16

muted

#857D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE38E2

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

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