#DB8BDA#DB8BDA

#DB8BDA is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.140 H 327.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DB8BDA
RGB	rgb(219, 139, 218)
HSL	hsl(301, 53%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(301, 37%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36.5%, 0.5%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.45, 42.54, -27.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.45, 50.87, 326.76°)
OKLab	oklab(74.51% 0.1181 -0.0758)
OKLCH	oklch(74.51% 0.14 327.3)
XYZ	xyz(51.0999, 38.5894, 71.0729)
Luminance	0.3859 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DB8BDA #8BDB8C

analogous

#B48BDB #DB8BDA #DB8BB2

triadic

#DB8BDA #DADB8B #8BDADB

tetradic

#DB8BDA #DBB48B #8BDB8C #8BB2DB

square

#DB8BDA #DBB48B #8BDB8C #8BB2DB

split-complementary

#DB8BDA #B2DB8B #8BDBB4

monochromatic

#B438B2 #CD5CCB #DB8BDA #E9BAE9 #F8E8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#DB8BDA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.72

#DB8BDA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DB8BDA

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DB8BDA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DB8BDA	1.00	2.41	8.72	8.72
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#85A0DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AABD7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E092A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #db8bda;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 139, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.140 327.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7aee5',
    500: '#db8bda',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #db8bda;
$custom-light: #e7aee5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#db8bda",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300.75,
    "s": 52.632,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74514,
    "c": 0.14037,
    "h": 327.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38587
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DB8BDA

secondary

#D6ECD6

accent

#C02725

background

#FEFAFE

surface

#FDF4FC

border

#D5CED5

text

#161015

muted

#847F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #DB8BDA

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

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