#DB88EE#DB88EE

#DB88EE is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.165 H 320.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DB88EE
RGB	rgb(219, 136, 238)
HSL	hsl(289, 75%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(289, 43%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(8%, 42.9%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.64, 47.88, -38.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.64, 61.52, 321.11°)
OKLab	oklab(74.92% 0.1267 -0.1064)
OKLCH	oklch(74.92% 0.165 320)
XYZ	xyz(53.4483, 38.8433, 85.5544)
Luminance	0.3884 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DB88EE #9BEE88

analogous

#A888EE #DB88EE #EE88CE

triadic

#DB88EE #EEDB88 #88EEDB

tetradic

#DB88EE #EEA888 #9BEE88 #88CEEE

square

#DB88EE #EEA888 #9BEE88 #88CEEE

split-complementary

#DB88EE #CEEE88 #88EEA8

monochromatic

#B91FDC #CB52E6 #DB88EE #EBBEF6 #F7E4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#DB88EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.77

#DB88EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DB88EE

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DB88EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DB88EE	1.00	2.40	8.77	8.77
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#79A2F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90AAEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC95B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #db88ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 136, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.165 320.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8acf4',
    500: '#db88ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #db88ee;
$custom-light: #e8acf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#db88ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.824,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74918,
    "c": 0.16541,
    "h": 320
  },
  "luminance": 0.38841
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DB88EE

secondary

#DDF3D8

accent

#D70E34

background

#FEFAFE

surface

#FDF4FD

border

#D5CED5

text

#161017

muted

#847F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #DB88EE

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

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