#DE56C9#DE56C9

#DE56C9 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.264; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.212 H 334.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE56C9
RGB	rgb(222, 86, 201)
HSL	hsl(309, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(309, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.3%, 9.5%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.42, 66.00, -33.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.42, 74.17, 332.85°)
OKLab	oklab(66.92% 0.1911 -0.0922)
OKLCH	oklch(66.92% 0.212 334.2)
XYZ	xyz(43.9949, 26.4056, 58.0267)
Luminance	0.2640 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE56C9 #56DE6B

analogous

#AF56DE #DE56C9 #DE5685

triadic

#DE56C9 #C9DE56 #56C9DE

tetradic

#DE56C9 #DEAF56 #56DE6B #5685DE

square

#DE56C9 #DEAF56 #56DE6B #5685DE

split-complementary

#DE56C9 #85DE56 #56DEAF

monochromatic

#9B1E88 #CE28B5 #DE56C9 #E889D9 #F2BCEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.34

#DE56C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.28

#DE56C9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DE56C9

6.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE56C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE56C9	1.00	3.34	6.28	6.28
#FFFFFF	3.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5480CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8094C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E85F88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de56c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 86, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.212 334.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eb8ed9',
    500: '#de56c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de56c9;
$custom-light: #eb8ed9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de56c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 309.265,
    "s": 67.327,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66916,
    "c": 0.2122,
    "h": 334.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26402
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE56C9

secondary

#AEE2B6

accent

#CF3316

background

#FEF9FD

surface

#FDF1FA

border

#D5CBD3

text

#170D15

muted

#857E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE56C9

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

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