#DB8AEE#DB8AEE

#DB8AEE is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.162 H 319.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DB8AEE
RGB	rgb(219, 138, 238)
HSL	hsl(289, 75%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(289, 42%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(8%, 42%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.05, 46.84, -37.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.05, 60.31, 320.96°)
OKLab	oklab(75.23% 0.1238 -0.1046)
OKLCH	oklch(75.23% 0.162 319.8)
XYZ	xyz(53.7326, 39.4119, 85.6492)
Luminance	0.3941 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DB8AEE #9DEE8A

analogous

#A98AEE #DB8AEE #EE8ACF

triadic

#DB8AEE #EEDB8A #8AEEDB

tetradic

#DB8AEE #EEA98A #9DEE8A #8ACFEE

square

#DB8AEE #EEA98A #9DEE8A #8ACFEE

split-complementary

#DB8AEE #CFEE8A #8AEEA9

monochromatic

#B920DD #CB55E6 #DB8AEE #EBBFF6 #F7E4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#DB8AEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.88

#DB8AEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DB8AEE

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DB8AEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DB8AEE	1.00	2.36	8.88	8.88
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7CA3F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91ABEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC96B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #db8aee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 138, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.162 319.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8aef4',
    500: '#db8aee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #db8aee;
$custom-light: #e8aef4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#db8aee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.6,
    "s": 74.627,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75226,
    "c": 0.16208,
    "h": 319.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3941
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DB8AEE

secondary

#DDF3D8

accent

#D70F35

background

#FEFAFE

surface

#FDF4FD

border

#D5CED5

text

#161017

muted

#847F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #DB8AEE

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

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