#DE55DD#DE55DD

#DE55DD is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.229 H 328.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE55DD
RGB	rgb(222, 85, 221)
HSL	hsl(300, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(300, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.7%, 0.5%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.21, 69.60, -43.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.21, 82.31, 327.74°)
OKLab	oklab(67.79% 0.1943 -0.1213)
OKLCH	oklch(67.79% 0.229 328)
XYZ	xyz(46.4232, 27.2501, 71.2073)
Luminance	0.2725 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE55DD #55DE56

analogous

#9A55DE #DE55DD #DE5598

triadic

#DE55DD #DDDE55 #55DDDE

tetradic

#DE55DD #DE9A55 #55DE56 #5598DE

square

#DE55DD #DE9A55 #55DE56 #5598DE

split-complementary

#DE55DD #98DE55 #55DE9A

monochromatic

#9B1E9A #CE28CD #DE55DD #E888E7 #F2BCF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#DE55DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.45

#DE55DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DE55DD

6.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE55DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE55DD	1.00	3.26	6.45	6.45
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4583E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7695D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E56692

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de55dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 85, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.229 328.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ec8ee8',
    500: '#de55dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de55dd;
$custom-light: #ec8ee8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de55dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300.438,
    "s": 67.488,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67792,
    "c": 0.22903,
    "h": 328
  },
  "luminance": 0.27247
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE55DD

secondary

#ADE2AE

accent

#CF1716

background

#FEF9FE

surface

#FDF1FC

border

#D5CBD5

text

#170D16

muted

#857E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE55DD

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

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