#DB8AED#DB8AED

#DB8AED is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.161 H 320.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DB8AED
RGB	rgb(219, 138, 237)
HSL	hsl(289, 73%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(289, 42%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.6%, 41.8%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.01, 46.65, -37.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.01, 59.85, 321.20°)
OKLab	oklab(75.18% 0.1236 -0.1032)
OKLCH	oklch(75.18% 0.161 320.1)
XYZ	xyz(53.5861, 39.3533, 84.8776)
Luminance	0.3935 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DB8AED #9CED8A

analogous

#A98AED #DB8AED #ED8ACD

triadic

#DB8AED #EDDB8A #8AEDDB

tetradic

#DB8AED #EDA98A #9CED8A #8ACDED

square

#DB8AED #EDA98A #9CED8A #8ACDED

split-complementary

#DB8AED #CDED8A #8AEDA9

monochromatic

#B922DB #CB55E5 #DB8AED #EBBFF5 #F7E4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#DB8AED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.87

#DB8AED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DB8AED

8.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DB8AED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DB8AED	1.00	2.37	8.87	8.87
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7CA3F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92ABEA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC96B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #db8aed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 138, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.161 320.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8aef3',
    500: '#db8aed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #db8aed;
$custom-light: #e8aef3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#db8aed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.091,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7518,
    "c": 0.16105,
    "h": 320.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39351
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DB8AED

secondary

#DDF3D8

accent

#D51034

background

#FEFAFE

surface

#FDF4FD

border

#D5CED5

text

#161017

muted

#847F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #DB8AED

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

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