#DE99DD#DE99DD

#DE99DD is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.121 H 327.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE99DD
RGB	rgb(222, 153, 221)
HSL	hsl(301, 51%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(301, 31%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.1%, 0.5%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.92, 36.61, -24.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.92, 43.88, 326.53°)
OKLab	oklab(77.24% 0.1015 -0.0655)
OKLCH	oklch(77.24% 0.121 327.2)
XYZ	xyz(54.5654, 43.5345, 73.9213)
Luminance	0.4353 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE99DD #99DE9A

analogous

#BC99DE #DE99DD #DE99BA

triadic

#DE99DD #DDDE99 #99DDDE

tetradic

#DE99DD #DEBC99 #99DE9A #99BADE

square

#DE99DD #DEBC99 #99DE9A #99BADE

split-complementary

#DE99DD #BADE99 #99DEBC

monochromatic

#BF3EBD #CF6BCE #DE99DD #EDC7EC #F8E8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#DE99DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.71

#DE99DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DE99DD

9.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE99DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE99DD	1.00	2.16	9.71	9.71
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95ABE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5B3DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E29FB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de99dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 153, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.121 327.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9b8e7',
    500: '#de99dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de99dd;
$custom-light: #e9b8e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de99dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300.87,
    "s": 51.111,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77243,
    "c": 0.12082,
    "h": 327.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43533
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE99DD

secondary

#DCEFDD

accent

#BE2927

background

#FEFBFE

surface

#FDF6FC

border

#D5D0D5

text

#161116

muted

#848084

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE99DD

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

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