#DE55E4#DE55E4

#DE55E4 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.235 H 326.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE55E4
RGB	rgb(222, 85, 228)
HSL	hsl(297, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(297, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 62.7%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.55, 70.77, -47.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.55, 85.14, 326.23°)
OKLab	oklab(68.16% 0.1947 -0.131)
OKLCH	oklch(68.16% 0.235 326.1)
XYZ	xyz(47.3753, 27.6310, 76.2217)
Luminance	0.2763 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE55E4 #5BE455

analogous

#9755E4 #DE55E4 #E455A2

triadic

#DE55E4 #E4DE55 #55E4DE

tetradic

#DE55E4 #E49755 #5BE455 #55A2E4

square

#DE55E4 #E49755 #5BE455 #55A2E4

split-complementary

#DE55E4 #A2E455 #55E497

monochromatic

#9F1AA4 #D223D9 #DE55E4 #E88AEC #F3BFF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#DE55E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.53

#DE55E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DE55E4

6.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE55E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE55E4	1.00	3.22	6.53	6.53
#FFFFFF	3.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3E84E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7295E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E36995

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de55e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 85, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.235 326.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ec8eed',
    500: '#de55e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de55e4;
$custom-light: #ec8eed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de55e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 297.483,
    "s": 72.589,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68157,
    "c": 0.23469,
    "h": 326.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27628
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE55E4

secondary

#B2E5B0

accent

#D51119

background

#FEF9FE

surface

#FDF1FD

border

#D5CBD5

text

#170D16

muted

#857E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE55E4

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

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