#DB8AEC#DB8AEC

#DB8AEC is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.160 H 320.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DB8AEC
RGB	rgb(219, 138, 236)
HSL	hsl(290, 72%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(290, 42%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.2%, 41.5%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.96, 46.45, -37.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.96, 59.40, 321.45°)
OKLab	oklab(75.13% 0.1235 -0.1018)
OKLCH	oklch(75.13% 0.16 320.5)
XYZ	xyz(53.4404, 39.2950, 84.1103)
Luminance	0.3929 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DB8AEC #9BEC8A

analogous

#AA8AEC #DB8AEC #EC8ACC

triadic

#DB8AEC #ECDB8A #8AECDB

tetradic

#DB8AEC #ECAA8A #9BEC8A #8ACCEC

square

#DB8AEC #ECAA8A #9BEC8A #8ACCEC

split-complementary

#DB8AEC #CCEC8A #8AECAA

monochromatic

#B923D8 #CB55E3 #DB8AEC #EBBFF5 #F7E5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#DB8AEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.86

#DB8AEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DB8AEC

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DB8AEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DB8AEC	1.00	2.37	8.86	8.86
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7DA3F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92ABE9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD96B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #db8aec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 138, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.160 320.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8aef2',
    500: '#db8aec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #db8aec;
$custom-light: #e8aef2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#db8aec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.592,
    "s": 72.059,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75135,
    "c": 0.16002,
    "h": 320.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39293
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DB8AEC

secondary

#DDF2D9

accent

#D41133

background

#FEFAFE

surface

#FDF4FD

border

#D5CED5

text

#161017

muted

#847F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #DB8AEC

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

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