#DB8BDB#DB8BDB

#DB8BDB is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.141 H 326.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DB8BDB
RGB	rgb(219, 139, 219)
HSL	hsl(300, 53%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(300, 37%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36.5%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.49, 42.73, -28.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.49, 51.29, 326.41°)
OKLab	oklab(74.56% 0.1184 -0.0772)
OKLCH	oklch(74.56% 0.141 326.9)
XYZ	xyz(51.2312, 38.6419, 71.7641)
Luminance	0.3864 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DB8BDB #8BDB8B

analogous

#B38BDB #DB8BDB #DB8BB3

triadic

#DB8BDB #DBDB8B #8BDBDB

tetradic

#DB8BDB #DBB38B #8BDB8B #8BB3DB

square

#DB8BDB #DBB38B #8BDB8B #8BB3DB

split-complementary

#DB8BDB #B3DB8B #8BDBB3

monochromatic

#B438B4 #CD5CCD #DB8BDB #E9BAE9 #F8E8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#DB8BDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.73

#DB8BDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DB8BDB

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DB8BDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DB8BDB	1.00	2.41	8.73	8.73
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#85A1DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AABD8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E092A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #db8bdb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 139, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.141 326.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7aee6',
    500: '#db8bdb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #db8bdb;
$custom-light: #e7aee6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#db8bdb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 52.632,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74555,
    "c": 0.14133,
    "h": 326.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.3864
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DB8BDB

secondary

#D6ECD6

accent

#C02525

background

#FEFAFE

surface

#FDF4FC

border

#D5CED5

text

#161016

muted

#847F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #DB8BDB

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

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