#DE56E4#DE56E4

#DE56E4 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.233 H 326.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE56E4
RGB	rgb(222, 86, 228)
HSL	hsl(297, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(297, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 62.3%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.70, 70.37, -47.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.70, 84.68, 326.21°)
OKLab	oklab(68.26% 0.1936 -0.1304)
OKLCH	oklch(68.26% 0.233 326)
XYZ	xyz(47.4546, 27.7895, 76.2482)
Luminance	0.2779 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE56E4 #5CE456

analogous

#9756E4 #DE56E4 #E456A3

triadic

#DE56E4 #E4DE56 #56E4DE

tetradic

#DE56E4 #E49756 #5CE456 #56A3E4

square

#DE56E4 #E49756 #5CE456 #56A3E4

split-complementary

#DE56E4 #A3E456 #56E497

monochromatic

#9F1AA5 #D223DA #DE56E4 #E88BEC #F3C0F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#DE56E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.56

#DE56E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DE56E4

6.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE56E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE56E4	1.00	3.20	6.56	6.56
#FFFFFF	3.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F85E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7396E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E36A96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de56e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 86, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.233 326.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ec8eed',
    500: '#de56e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de56e4;
$custom-light: #ec8eed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de56e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 297.465,
    "s": 72.449,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68262,
    "c": 0.23339,
    "h": 326
  },
  "luminance": 0.27787
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE56E4

secondary

#B3E5B0

accent

#D51119

background

#FEF9FE

surface

#FDF1FD

border

#D5CBD5

text

#170D16

muted

#857E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE56E4

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

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