#DE40C5#DE40C5

#DE40C5 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.237 H 335.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE40C5
RGB	rgb(222, 64, 197)
HSL	hsl(309, 71%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(309, 71%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.2%, 11.3%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.31, 73.58, -36.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.31, 82.09, 333.67°)
OKLab	oklab(64.6% 0.2147 -0.0994)
OKLCH	oklch(64.6% 0.237 335.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.0361, 23.2313, 55.0827)
Luminance	0.2323 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE40C5 #40DE59

analogous

#A840DE #DE40C5 #DE4076

triadic

#DE40C5 #C5DE40 #40C5DE

tetradic

#DE40C5 #DEA840 #40DE59 #4076DE

square

#DE40C5 #DEA840 #40DE59 #4076DE

split-complementary

#DE40C5 #76DE40 #40DEA8

monochromatic

#8B1879 #C021A7 #DE40C5 #E774D5 #F0A8E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.72

#DE40C5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.65

#DE40C5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DE40C5

5.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE40C5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE40C5	1.00	3.72	5.65	5.65
#FFFFFF	3.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4075C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#778DC1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E94C7E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de40c5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 64, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.237 335.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ec83d7',
    500: '#de40c5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de40c5;
$custom-light: #ec83d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de40c5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 309.494,
    "s": 70.536,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64598,
    "c": 0.23661,
    "h": 335.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.23228
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE40C5

secondary

#9CDEA7

accent

#ED573A

background

#FFF8FD

surface

#FEF0FA

border

#D6CBD3

text

#170C14

muted

#857D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE40C5

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

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