#DE51B5#DE51B5

#DE51B5 is a light, highly saturated pink. Relative luminance 0.248; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.205 H 341.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE51B5
RGB	rgb(222, 81, 181)
HSL	hsl(317, 68%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(317, 64%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.5%, 18.5%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.84, 65.10, -24.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.84, 69.67, 339.13°)
OKLab	oklab(65.48% 0.1939 -0.0666)
OKLCH	oklch(65.48% 0.205 341)
XYZ	xyz(41.4082, 24.7544, 46.3044)
Luminance	0.2475 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE51B5 #51DE7A

analogous

#C151DE #DE51B5 #DE516F

triadic

#DE51B5 #B5DE51 #51B5DE

tetradic

#DE51B5 #DEC151 #51DE7A #516FDE

square

#DE51B5 #DEC151 #51DE7A #516FDE

split-complementary

#DE51B5 #6FDE51 #51DEC1

monochromatic

#981D74 #CB279B #DE51B5 #E884CB #F2B8E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.53

#DE51B5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.95

#DE51B5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DE51B5

5.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE51B5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE51B5	1.00	3.53	5.95	5.95
#FFFFFF	3.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A7AB8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8591B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EB537C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de51b5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 81, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.205 341.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ec8bcb',
    500: '#de51b5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de51b5;
$custom-light: #ec8bcb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de51b5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 317.447,
    "s": 68.116,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65481,
    "c": 0.20503,
    "h": 341
  },
  "luminance": 0.24751
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE51B5

secondary

#AAE1BA

accent

#EB6F3D

background

#FEF8FC

surface

#FDF0F8

border

#D5CBD1

text

#170D13

muted

#857D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE51B5

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

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