#DE42DD#DE42DD

#DE42DD is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.246; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.252 H 328.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE42DD
RGB	rgb(222, 66, 221)
HSL	hsl(300, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(300, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.3%, 0.5%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.73, 76.55, -47.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.73, 90.27, 327.99°)
OKLab	oklab(66.01% 0.214 -0.1325)
OKLCH	oklch(66.01% 0.252 328.2)
XYZ	xyz(45.1230, 24.6497, 70.7739)
Luminance	0.2465 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE42DD #42DE43

analogous

#9142DE #DE42DD #DE428F

triadic

#DE42DD #DDDE42 #42DDDE

tetradic

#DE42DD #DE9142 #42DE43 #428FDE

square

#DE42DD #DE9142 #42DE43 #428FDE

split-complementary

#DE42DD #8FDE42 #42DE91

monochromatic

#8D198C #C122C0 #DE42DD #E776E6 #F0AAF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.54

#DE42DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.93

#DE42DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DE42DD

5.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE42DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE42DD	1.00	3.54	5.93	5.93
#FFFFFF	3.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#277BE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C8FD9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5598C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de42dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 66, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.252 328.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ec84e8',
    500: '#de42dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de42dd;
$custom-light: #ec84e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de42dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300.385,
    "s": 70.27,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66008,
    "c": 0.25165,
    "h": 328.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24646
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE42DD

secondary

#9EDE9E

accent

#ED3C3B

background

#FFF8FE

surface

#FEF0FD

border

#D6CBD5

text

#170C16

muted

#857D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE42DD

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

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