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#DD90EE — Light Purple

#DD90EE is a purple color we call Light Purple, closest to the named color Violet (#EE82EE). It belongs to the purple family.

#DD90EE is a cool purple color associated with luxury, creativity and mystery. It is saturated enough to be the accent — buttons, highlights and calls to action — while neutrals do the quiet work around it.

Its strongest partner is its complement #A2EE91; it also sits naturally between #AE91EE and #EE91D0. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#DD90EE · RGB 221, 144, 238

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Color values

HEX#DD90EE
RGB221, 144, 238
HSL289°, 73%, 75%
HSV289°, 39%, 93%
CMYK7%, 39%, 0%, 7%
XYZ55.22, 41.49, 85.99
Yxy41.49, 0.3023, 0.2271
CIE-Lab70.52, 44.30, -35.69
Hunter Lab64.41, 44.45, -39.01

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 87% · Green 56% · Blue 93%

Cyan 7% · Magenta 39% · Yellow 0% · Key 7%

CMYK values are unprofiled approximations for screen reference — not a print-proofing guarantee.

Previews

Sample text in #DD90EE on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #DD90EE on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #DD90EE

.text { color: #DD90EE; }
.background { background-color: #DD90EE; }
.border { border: 3px solid #DD90EE; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(221, 144, 238); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(289, 73%, 75%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #DD90EE; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(221, 144, 238, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #DD90EE; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(221, 144, 238, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#DD90EE">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#DD90EE">Div content here</div>

Shades of #DD90EE

#D372E9#CA53E4#C034DF#AF20CF#951CB0#77168D#5D116E#430C4F#290831#0F0312

Tints of #DD90EE

#DF9AEF#E2A2F1#E5ABF2#E8B4F3#ECC1F5#EFCAF7#F1D3F8#F4DCF9#F7E5FB#FAEDFC

Tones of #DD90EE

#D997E7#D49EE0#D0A4DA#CCABD3#C8B2CD#C3B9C6

Color harmonies

Complementary — #A2EE91:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text2.26:1 Fails
Against black text9.30:1 AAA

Best text color on #DD90EE: #000000.

How #DD90EE looks with color blindness

Simulated with standard Machado color-vision-deficiency matrices — useful when this color carries meaning in charts, maps or interfaces:

Protanopia · #BCBBD7Deuteranopia · #C0C6D2Tritanopia · #D9C5C1

Closest design-system colors

The nearest matches in the Tailwind CSS, Material Design and Bootstrap palettes — handy when you need a framework class instead of a raw hex:

Tailwind fuchsia 500 · #D946EFTailwind purple 500 · #A855F7Tailwind violet 500 · #8B5CF6

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #DD90EE rather than the exact color:

Palette 4e56c0
#4E56C0 · #9B5DE0 · #D78FEE · #FDCFFA
Vivid Ruby Lagoon
#DD85F0 · #D066E6 · #B927D8 · #530F61
Palette Ffe7c1
#FFE7C1 · #F3CCF3 · #E9A8F2 · #DC84F3
Palette Ffebb2
#FFEBB2 · #E59BE9 · #D862BC · #8644A2
Honey Ruby Harbor
#EDCBF1 · #D889E1 · #B931C9 · #45114B
Palette 8ef6e4
#8EF6E4 · #9896F1 · #D59BF6 · #EDB1F1

Similar colors

The closest colors that actually appear in our palette collection — click any to open its page:

#D78FEE#DD85F0#DC84F3#E59BE9#D889E1#D59BF6#EB98EB#D195F9#DC95FF#EE8EE8#D4A0F1#CF9BE8

Browse neighbouring colors

← #DD90ED  ·  #DD90EF →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #DD90EE?

#DD90EE is Light Purple, a purple color (RGB 221, 144, 238). Its closest standard named color is Violet.

What is the RGB and HSL of #DD90EE?

#DD90EE is RGB 221, 144, 238 — HSL 289°, 73%, 75% — CMYK 7%, 39%, 0%, 7%.

What colors go with #DD90EE?

Its complement is #A2EE91; analogous partners are #AE91EE and #EE91D0. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #DD90EE for text?

Black text on #DD90EE has a contrast ratio of 9.30:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 2.26:1.