#DE40E2#DE40E2

#DE40E2 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.247; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.257 H 326.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE40E2
RGB	rgb(222, 64, 226)
HSL	hsl(299, 74%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(299, 72%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.8%, 71.7%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.77, 77.99, -50.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.77, 92.97, 327.02°)
OKLab	oklab(66.12% 0.2158 -0.1404)
OKLCH	oklch(66.12% 0.257 326.9)
XYZ	xyz(45.6843, 24.6906, 74.2963)
Luminance	0.2469 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE40E2 #44E240

analogous

#8D40E2 #DE40E2 #E24095

triadic

#DE40E2 #E2DE40 #40E2DE

tetradic

#DE40E2 #E28D40 #44E240 #4095E2

square

#DE40E2 #E28D40 #44E240 #4095E2

split-complementary

#DE40E2 #95E240 #40E28D

monochromatic

#8E1692 #C21EC7 #DE40E2 #E775EA #F0AAF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.54

#DE40E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.94

#DE40E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DE40E2

5.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE40E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE40E2	1.00	3.54	5.94	5.94
#FFFFFF	3.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#187BE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#688FDE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E45A8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de40e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 64, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.257 326.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ec84ec',
    500: '#de40e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de40e2;
$custom-light: #ec84ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de40e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 298.519,
    "s": 73.636,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66123,
    "c": 0.25746,
    "h": 326.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.24687
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE40E2

secondary

#9FE09E

accent

#F0383C

background

#FFF8FE

surface

#FEF0FD

border

#D6CBD5

text

#170C16

muted

#857D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE40E2

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

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