#DE55E3#DE55E3

#DE55E3 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.234 H 326.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE55E3
RGB	rgb(222, 85, 227)
HSL	hsl(298, 72%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(298, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.2%, 62.6%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.50, 70.61, -46.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.50, 84.73, 326.44°)
OKLab	oklab(68.11% 0.1946 -0.1296)
OKLCH	oklch(68.11% 0.234 326.3)
XYZ	xyz(47.2369, 27.5756, 75.4927)
Luminance	0.2757 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE55E3 #5AE355

analogous

#9755E3 #DE55E3 #E355A1

triadic

#DE55E3 #E3DE55 #55E3DE

tetradic

#DE55E3 #E39755 #5AE355 #55A1E3

square

#DE55E3 #E39755 #5AE355 #55A1E3

split-complementary

#DE55E3 #A1E355 #55E397

monochromatic

#9E1BA3 #D123D7 #DE55E3 #E88AEC #F2BEF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#DE55E3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.51

#DE55E3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DE55E3

6.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE55E3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE55E3	1.00	3.22	6.51	6.51
#FFFFFF	3.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F84E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7395DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E46995

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de55e3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 85, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.234 326.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ec8eec',
    500: '#de55e3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de55e3;
$custom-light: #ec8eec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de55e3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 297.887,
    "s": 71.717,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68105,
    "c": 0.23387,
    "h": 326.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27573
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE55E3

secondary

#B1E5AF

accent

#D41219

background

#FEF9FE

surface

#FDF1FD

border

#D5CBD5

text

#170D16

muted

#857E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE55E3

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

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