#DE40C4#DE40C4

#DE40C4 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.236 H 335.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE40C4
RGB	rgb(222, 64, 196)
HSL	hsl(310, 71%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(310, 71%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.2%, 11.7%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.26, 73.43, -35.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.26, 81.74, 333.94°)
OKLab	oklab(64.55% 0.2146 -0.098)
OKLCH	oklch(64.55% 0.236 335.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.9219, 23.1856, 54.4812)
Luminance	0.2318 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE40C4 #40DE5A

analogous

#A940DE #DE40C4 #DE4075

triadic

#DE40C4 #C4DE40 #40C4DE

tetradic

#DE40C4 #DEA940 #40DE5A #4075DE

square

#DE40C4 #DEA940 #40DE5A #4075DE

split-complementary

#DE40C4 #75DE40 #40DEA9

monochromatic

#8B1879 #C021A6 #DE40C4 #E774D4 #F0A8E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.73

#DE40C4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.64

#DE40C4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DE40C4

5.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE40C4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE40C4	1.00	3.73	5.64	5.64
#FFFFFF	3.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4175C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#788DC0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E94C7D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de40c4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 64, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.236 335.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ec83d6',
    500: '#de40c4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de40c4;
$custom-light: #ec83d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de40c4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 309.873,
    "s": 70.536,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64549,
    "c": 0.23593,
    "h": 335.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23182
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE40C4

secondary

#9CDEA7

accent

#ED583A

background

#FFF8FD

surface

#FEF0FA

border

#D6CBD3

text

#170C14

muted

#857D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE40C4

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

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