#DE51E3#DE51E3

#DE51E3 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.239 H 326.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE51E3
RGB	rgb(222, 81, 227)
HSL	hsl(298, 72%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(298, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.2%, 64.3%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.94, 72.17, -47.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.94, 86.53, 326.52°)
OKLab	oklab(67.7% 0.199 -0.1322)
OKLCH	oklch(67.7% 0.239 326.4)
XYZ	xyz(46.9309, 26.9635, 75.3907)
Luminance	0.2696 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE51E3 #56E351

analogous

#9551E3 #DE51E3 #E3519F

triadic

#DE51E3 #E3DE51 #51E3DE

tetradic

#DE51E3 #E39551 #56E351 #519FE3

square

#DE51E3 #E39551 #56E351 #519FE3

split-complementary

#DE51E3 #9FE351 #51E395

monochromatic

#9B1AA0 #CE22D5 #DE51E3 #E886EB #F2BAF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#DE51E3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.39

#DE51E3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DE51E3

6.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE51E3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE51E3	1.00	3.29	6.39	6.39
#FFFFFF	3.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3982E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7194DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E46693

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de51e3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 81, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.239 326.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ec8cec',
    500: '#de51e3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de51e3;
$custom-light: #ec8cec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de51e3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 297.945,
    "s": 72.277,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67698,
    "c": 0.23894,
    "h": 326.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.26961
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE51E3

secondary

#AEE4AC

accent

#D41118

background

#FEF9FE

surface

#FDF1FD

border

#D5CBD5

text

#170D16

muted

#857E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE51E3

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

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