#DE55E6#DE55E6

#DE55E6 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.236 H 325.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE55E6
RGB	rgb(222, 85, 230)
HSL	hsl(297, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(297, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.5%, 63%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.66, 71.11, -48.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.66, 85.95, 325.83°)
OKLab	oklab(68.26% 0.1948 -0.1338)
OKLCH	oklch(68.26% 0.236 325.5)
XYZ	xyz(47.6546, 27.7427, 77.6924)
Luminance	0.2774 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE55E6 #5DE655

analogous

#9655E6 #DE55E6 #E655A5

triadic

#DE55E6 #E6DE55 #55E6DE

tetradic

#DE55E6 #E69655 #5DE655 #55A5E6

square

#DE55E6 #E69655 #5DE655 #55A5E6

split-complementary

#DE55E6 #A5E655 #55E696

monochromatic

#A019A8 #D321DD #DE55E6 #E88AEE #F3C0F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#DE55E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.55

#DE55E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DE55E6

6.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE55E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE55E6	1.00	3.21	6.55	6.55
#FFFFFF	3.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3C85EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7196E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E36A96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de55e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 85, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.236 325.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ec8eee',
    500: '#de55e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de55e6;
$custom-light: #ec8eee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de55e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 296.69,
    "s": 74.359,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68264,
    "c": 0.23632,
    "h": 325.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.2774
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE55E6

secondary

#B4E6B1

accent

#D60F1A

background

#FEF9FE

surface

#FDF1FD

border

#D5CBD5

text

#170D16

muted

#857E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE55E6

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

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