#DE56E5#DE56E5

#DE56E5 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.234 H 325.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE56E5
RGB	rgb(222, 86, 229)
HSL	hsl(297, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(297, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.1%, 62.4%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.75, 70.54, -47.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.75, 85.08, 326.01°)
OKLab	oklab(68.32% 0.1936 -0.1318)
OKLCH	oklch(68.32% 0.234 325.8)
XYZ	xyz(47.5938, 27.8452, 76.9814)
Luminance	0.2784 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE56E5 #5DE556

analogous

#9756E5 #DE56E5 #E556A5

triadic

#DE56E5 #E5DE56 #56E5DE

tetradic

#DE56E5 #E59756 #5DE556 #56A5E5

square

#DE56E5 #E59756 #5DE556 #56A5E5

split-complementary

#DE56E5 #A5E556 #56E597

monochromatic

#A01AA7 #D322DC #DE56E5 #E88BED #F3C0F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#DE56E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.57

#DE56E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DE56E5

6.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE56E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE56E5	1.00	3.20	6.57	6.57
#FFFFFF	3.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3E85E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7296E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E36A96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de56e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 86, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.234 325.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ec8eee',
    500: '#de56e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de56e5;
$custom-light: #ec8eee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de56e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 297.063,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68315,
    "c": 0.23421,
    "h": 325.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27842
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE56E5

secondary

#B4E6B1

accent

#D5101A

background

#FEF9FE

surface

#FDF1FD

border

#D5CBD5

text

#170D16

muted

#857E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE56E5

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

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