Colors Encyclopedia

HEX atlas value

#DDA0DD

#DDA0DD is a warm pink HEX color nearest Plum. RGB 221, 160, 221, HSL 300° 47% 75%, luminance 0.4573; view contrast and conversions.

pinkwarmbalanced
#DDA0DD Sample readable text
HEX #DDA0DD
RGB rgb(221, 160, 221)
HSL hsl(300 47% 75%)
CMYK cmyk(0, 28, 0, 13)
Luminance 0.4573
Contrast Black 10.15:1White 2.07:1

CSS

--color-dda0dd: #DDA0DD;
.background-dda0dd { background-color: #DDA0DD; }
.text-dda0dd { color: #DDA0DD; }

HEX meaning and use

About #DDA0DD

#DDA0DD is classified as a warm pink value with balanced visual character. #DDA0DD is visually closest to Plum, a named pink color with HEX #DDA0DD.

The RGB channels are 221, 160, and 221, with red carrying the strongest channel weight. In HSL, the hue is 300deg with 47% saturation and 75% lightness, so this page treats it as a moderate-saturation, light atlas color rather than a generic swatch.

Practical uses for this HEX value include color conversion, WCAG contrast checks, and CSS color tokens. Its luminance is 0.4573, black text provides the stronger contrast for readable interface or documentation use, and Its nearest named-color distance is 0.00, which helps separate this atlas value from adjacent named color records.

WCAG Accessibility

Black text10.15:1AA Pass
White text2.07:1AA Fail

AA text options: #000000, #1A1A1A, #36454F.

AAA text options: #000000, #1A1A1A.

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Use these pairings when #DDA0DD needs readable text, badges, interface states, or nearby accessible alternatives.

Black text#00000010.15:1 · AAA
White text#FFFFFF2.07:1 · Fail

Accessible Alternatives

#F6E5F6#F6E5F6 · #000000 text · best 17.46:1#A1DDA1#A1DDA1 · #000000 text · best 13.37:1Thistle Purple#D8BFD8 · #000000 text · best 12.36:1Kunzite#E8B7D4 · #000000 text · best 12.16:1#CFAFCF#CFAFCF · #000000 text · best 10.69:1

Generated Palette

Plum#DDA0DD
#A1DDA1#A1DDA1
#BFA1DD#BFA1DD
#DDA1BF#DDA1BF
#F6E5F6#F6E5F6
#C55EC5#C55EC5

Color Harmonies

#A1DDA1#A1DDA1
#BFA1DD#BFA1DD
#DDA1BF#DDA1BF
#DDDDA1#DDDDA1
#A1DDDD#A1DDDD

Variants

#F6E5F6#F6E5F6
#C55EC5#C55EC5
#EB93EB#EB93EB
#CFAFCF#CFAFCF
White#FFFFFF
#FFA8FF#FFA8FF

Nearest Named Colors

Plum#DDA0DD
Wisteria#C9A0DC
Kunzite#E8B7D4
Lilac#C8A2C8
Pastel Lavender#D8BFD8

Machine-readable data

Machine-Readable HEX Data (JSON)

Structured HEX color data for conversion, WCAG checks, CSS generation, automation, and AI ingestion.

AI-Ready Dataset v1.0.0
Luminance0.4573
Black text10.15:1AA Pass
White text2.07:1AA Fail
hexCanonical HEX value
rgbRed, green, blue channels
hslHue, saturation, lightness
cmykApproximate print conversion
wcagAA and AAA contrast options
harmoniesMathematical harmony sets
variantsGenerated tone variants
nearestColorsKnowledge graph neighbors
Download JSON Open API
Structured sections
Color systems
{"hex":"#DDA0DD","rgb":[221,160,221],"hsl":[300,47,75],"cmyk":[0,28,0,13],"luminance":0.4573,"contrast":{"black":10.15,"white":2.07}}
WCAG
{"AA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"AAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]}
Safe pairings
[{"name":"Black text","hex":"#000000","contrast":10.15,"wcagAA":true,"wcagAAA":true},{"name":"White text","hex":"#FFFFFF","contrast":2.07,"wcagAA":false,"wcagAAA":false}]
Accessible alternatives
[{"name":"#F6E5F6","hex":"#F6E5F6","family":"pink","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":17.46,"contrastWhite":1.2,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"#A1DDA1","hex":"#A1DDA1","family":"green","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":13.37,"contrastWhite":1.57,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"Thistle Purple","hex":"#D8BFD8","family":"pink","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":12.36,"contrastWhite":1.7,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"Kunzite","hex":"#E8B7D4","family":"pink","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":12.16,"contrastWhite":1.73,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"#CFAFCF","hex":"#CFAFCF","family":"pink","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":10.69,"contrastWhite":1.97,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]}]
AI context
{"semanticGroups":["warm pink","balanced","balanced pink","Plum adjacent"],"useCases":["color conversion","WCAG contrast checks","CSS color tokens"],"contrastSafeWith":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"relatedEndpoints":["https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex/dda0dd.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/plum.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/wisteria.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/kunzite.json"]}
Harmonies
{"complementary":"#A1DDA1","analogous":["#BFA1DD","#DDA1BF"],"triadic":["#DDDDA1","#A1DDDD"],"tetradic":["#DDBFA1","#A1DDA1","#A1BFDD"],"splitComplementary":["#BFDDA1","#A1DDBF"],"monochromatic":["#F6E5F6","#DDA0DD","#C55EC5"]}
Variants
{"light":"#F6E5F6","dark":"#C55EC5","saturated":"#EB93EB","desaturated":"#CFAFCF","pastel":"#FFFFFF","neon":"#FFA8FF"}
Nearest named colors
[{"slug":"plum","name":"Plum","hex":"#DDA0DD","distance":0},{"slug":"wisteria","name":"Wisteria","hex":"#C9A0DC","distance":20.024984394500787},{"slug":"kunzite","name":"Kunzite","hex":"#E8B7D4","distance":27.03701166919155},{"slug":"lilac","name":"Lilac","hex":"#C8A2C8","distance":29.765752132274432},{"slug":"pastel-lavender","name":"Pastel Lavender","hex":"#D8BFD8","distance":31.796226191169293}]
Dataset manifest Version 1.0.0 Build hash published in manifest Canonical page

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