#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
RGB	rgb(222, 85, 229)
HSL	hsl(297, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(297, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.1%, 62.9%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.60, 70.94, -47.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.60, 85.54, 326.03°)
OKLab	oklab(68.21% 0.1947 -0.1324)
OKLCH	oklch(68.21% 0.236 325.8)
XYZ	xyz(47.5146, 27.6867, 76.9549)
Luminance	0.2768 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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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
##DE55E5	1.00	3.21	6.54	6.54
#FFFFFF	3.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #DE55E5

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

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