#DB8AEB#DB8AEB

#DB8AEB is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.159 H 320.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DB8AEB
RGB	rgb(219, 138, 235)
HSL	hsl(290, 71%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(290, 41%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.8%, 41.3%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.92, 46.26, -36.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.92, 58.95, 321.70°)
OKLab	oklab(75.09% 0.1233 -0.1004)
OKLCH	oklch(75.09% 0.159 320.8)
XYZ	xyz(53.2955, 39.2371, 83.3473)
Luminance	0.3923 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DB8AEB #9AEB8A

analogous

#AA8AEB #DB8AEB #EB8ACA

triadic

#DB8AEB #EBDB8A #8AEBDB

tetradic

#DB8AEB #EBAA8A #9AEB8A #8ACAEB

square

#DB8AEB #EBAA8A #9AEB8A #8ACAEB

split-complementary

#DB8AEB #CAEB8A #8AEBAA

monochromatic

#B925D6 #CB56E2 #DB8AEB #EBBEF4 #F7E5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#DB8AEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.85

#DB8AEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DB8AEB

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DB8AEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DB8AEB	1.00	2.37	8.85	8.85
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7DA2EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92ABE8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD96B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #db8aeb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 138, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.159 320.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8aef1',
    500: '#db8aeb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #db8aeb;
$custom-light: #e8aef1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#db8aeb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.103,
    "s": 70.803,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7509,
    "c": 0.15899,
    "h": 320.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39235
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DB8AEB

secondary

#DDF2D9

accent

#D31332

background

#FEFAFE

surface

#FDF4FD

border

#D5CED5

text

#161017

muted

#847F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #DB8AEB

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

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