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#dd55ff

a light, electric violet · warm · closest name: magenta

RGB
221, 85, 255
HSL
288°, 100%, 67%
CMYK
13, 67, 0, 0
Luminance
0.2909

Every format

HEX#dd55ff
RGBrgb(221, 85, 255)
HSLhsl(288, 100%, 67%)
CMYKcmyk(13%, 67%, 0%, 0%)
LABlab(60.9 75.3 -60.3)
LCHlch(60.9 96.4 321.3)
OKLCHoklch(0.695 0.257 318.9)

Copy-ready code

/* CSS */
color: #dd55ff;
background-color: #dd55ff;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#dd55ff] bg-[#dd55ff]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #dd55ff;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.867, green: 0.333, blue: 1.000)
/* Android */
Color.parseColor("#dd55ff")

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#dd55ff on white: 3.08:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#dd55ff on black: 6.82:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
true color
protanopia
deuteranopia
tritanopia

RGB percentages

Red86.7%
Green33.3%
Blue100.0%

CMYK percentages

Cyan13.3%
Magenta66.7%
Yellow0.0%
Key (black)0.0%

Color previews

#dd55ff text on a black background

contrast 6.82:1

Card sample

#dd55ff text on a white background

contrast 3.08:1

Card sample

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #dd55ff;
Background color
Panel with #dd55ff background
background-color: #dd55ff;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #dd55ff;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(221, 85, 255, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(221, 85, 255, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #dd55ff;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dd55ff, #FF55B0);

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #dd55ff

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Hue & tone neighbors

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Work with #dd55ff in the Color Lab