#DE51C8#DE51C8

#DE51C8 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.218 H 334.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE51C8
RGB	rgb(222, 81, 200)
HSL	hsl(309, 68%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(309, 64%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.5%, 9.9%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.64, 67.87, -34.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.64, 76.12, 333.07°)
OKLab	oklab(66.34% 0.1969 -0.094)
OKLCH	oklch(66.34% 0.218 334.5)
XYZ	xyz(43.4923, 25.5881, 57.2807)
Luminance	0.2559 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE51C8 #51DE67

analogous

#AE51DE #DE51C8 #DE5182

triadic

#DE51C8 #C8DE51 #51C8DE

tetradic

#DE51C8 #DEAE51 #51DE67 #5182DE

square

#DE51C8 #DEAE51 #51DE67 #5182DE

split-complementary

#DE51C8 #82DE51 #51DEAE

monochromatic

#981D85 #CB27B2 #DE51C8 #E884D8 #F2B8E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.43

#DE51C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.12

#DE51C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DE51C8

6.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE51C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE51C8	1.00	3.43	6.12	6.12
#FFFFFF	3.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#507DCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E92C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E85B85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de51c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 81, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.218 334.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ec8bd9',
    500: '#de51c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de51c8;
$custom-light: #ec8bd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de51c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 309.362,
    "s": 68.116,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66336,
    "c": 0.21819,
    "h": 334.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25585
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE51C8

secondary

#AAE1B3

accent

#EB583D

background

#FEF9FD

surface

#FDF1FA

border

#D5CBD3

text

#170D14

muted

#857E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE51C8

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

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