#DE55E5#DE55E5

#DE55E5 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.235 H 325.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#DE55E5
RGBrgb(222, 85, 229)
HSLhsl(297, 73%, 62%)
HSVhsv(297, 63%, 90%)
CMYKcmyk(3.1%, 62.9%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LABlab(59.60, 70.94, -47.80)
CIE-LCHlch(59.60, 85.54, 326.03°)
OKLaboklab(68.21% 0.1947 -0.1324)
OKLCHoklch(68.21% 0.236 325.8)
XYZxyz(47.5146, 27.6867, 76.9549)
Luminance0.2768 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familypurple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#DE55E5 #5CE555
analogous
#9655E5 #DE55E5 #E555A4
triadic
#DE55E5 #E5DE55 #55E5DE
tetradic
#DE55E5 #E59655 #5CE555 #55A4E5
square
#DE55E5 #E59655 #5CE555 #55A4E5
split-complementary
#DE55E5 #A4E555 #55E596
monochromatic
#9F19A6 #D222DB #DE55E5 #E88AED #F3BFF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21
#DE55E5 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.54
#DE55E5 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DE55E5
6.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##DE55E5#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##DE55E51.003.216.546.54
#FFFFFF3.211.0021.0021.00
#0000006.5421.001.001.00
##0000006.5421.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#3D85E9
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#7296E1
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#E36A96
Achromatopsia (no color)
#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #de55e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 85, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.235 325.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ec8eee',
    500: '#de55e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #de55e5;
$custom-light: #ec8eee;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#de55e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 297.083,
    "s": 73.469,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68211,
    "c": 0.2355,
    "h": 325.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27684
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#DE55E5
secondary
#B3E6B0
accent
#D6101A
background
#FEF9FE
surface
#FDF1FD
border
#D5CBD5
text
#170D16
muted
#857E84

Preview Lab

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#DE55E5 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva