#DE44DD#DE44DD

#DE44DD is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.249; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.249 H 328.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE44DD
RGB	rgb(222, 68, 221)
HSL	hsl(300, 70%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(300, 69%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.4%, 0.5%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.97, 75.89, -47.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.97, 89.52, 327.97°)
OKLab	oklab(66.18% 0.2121 -0.1314)
OKLCH	oklch(66.18% 0.249 328.2)
XYZ	xyz(45.2419, 24.8875, 70.8135)
Luminance	0.2488 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE44DD #44DE45

analogous

#9244DE #DE44DD #DE4490

triadic

#DE44DD #DDDE44 #44DDDE

tetradic

#DE44DD #DE9244 #44DE45 #4490DE

square

#DE44DD #DE9244 #44DE45 #4490DE

split-complementary

#DE44DD #90DE44 #44DE92

monochromatic

#8E198E #C222C1 #DE44DD #E778E6 #F0ACF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.51

#DE44DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.98

#DE44DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DE44DD

5.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE44DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE44DD	1.00	3.51	5.98	5.98
#FFFFFF	3.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2B7CE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D90D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E55A8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de44dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 68, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.249 328.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ec85e8',
    500: '#de44dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de44dd;
$custom-light: #ec85e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de44dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300.39,
    "s": 70,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66175,
    "c": 0.24949,
    "h": 328.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24884
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE44DD

secondary

#9FDEA0

accent

#ED3C3B

background

#FFF8FE

surface

#FEF0FD

border

#D6CBD5

text

#170C16

muted

#857D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE44DD

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

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