#DE56E6#DE56E6

#DE56E6 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.279; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.235 H 325.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE56E6
RGB	rgb(222, 86, 230)
HSL	hsl(297, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(297, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.5%, 62.6%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.80, 70.71, -48.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.80, 85.49, 325.80°)
OKLab	oklab(68.37% 0.1937 -0.1332)
OKLCH	oklch(68.37% 0.235 325.5)
XYZ	xyz(47.7339, 27.9012, 77.7188)
Luminance	0.2790 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE56E6 #5EE656

analogous

#9656E6 #DE56E6 #E656A6

triadic

#DE56E6 #E6DE56 #56E6DE

tetradic

#DE56E6 #E69656 #5EE656 #56A6E6

square

#DE56E6 #E69656 #5EE656 #56A6E6

split-complementary

#DE56E6 #A6E656 #56E696

monochromatic

#A119A9 #D321DE #DE56E6 #E88BEE #F3C1F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#DE56E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.58

#DE56E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DE56E6

6.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE56E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE56E6	1.00	3.19	6.58	6.58
#FFFFFF	3.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3D85EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7296E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E36B97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de56e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 86, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.235 325.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ec8eee',
    500: '#de56e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de56e6;
$custom-light: #ec8eee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de56e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 296.667,
    "s": 74.227,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68368,
    "c": 0.23503,
    "h": 325.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27898
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE56E6

secondary

#B4E6B1

accent

#D60F1A

background

#FEF9FE

surface

#FDF1FD

border

#D5CBD5

text

#170D16

muted

#857E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE56E6

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

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