#DB8BE0#DB8BE0

#DB8BE0 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.146 H 324.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DB8BE0
RGB	rgb(219, 139, 224)
HSL	hsl(296, 58%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(296, 38%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.2%, 37.9%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.69, 43.65, -30.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.69, 53.45, 324.76°)
OKLab	oklab(74.77% 0.1195 -0.0842)
OKLCH	oklch(74.77% 0.146 324.8)
XYZ	xyz(51.8993, 38.9092, 75.2830)
Luminance	0.3891 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DB8BE0 #90E08B

analogous

#B08BE0 #DB8BE0 #E08BBA

triadic

#DB8BE0 #E0DB8B #8BE0DB

tetradic

#DB8BE0 #E0B08B #90E08B #8BBAE0

square

#DB8BE0 #E0B08B #90E08B #8BBAE0

split-complementary

#DB8BE0 #BAE08B #8BE0B0

monochromatic

#B633BE #CC5BD3 #DB8BE0 #EABBED #F8E7F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#DB8BE0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.78

#DB8BE0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DB8BE0

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DB8BE0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DB8BE0	1.00	2.39	8.78	8.78
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#83A1E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98ABDD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF94AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #db8be0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 139, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.146 324.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7aeea',
    500: '#db8be0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #db8be0;
$custom-light: #e7aeea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#db8be0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 296.471,
    "s": 57.823,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74765,
    "c": 0.14621,
    "h": 324.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38907
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DB8BE0

secondary

#DAEFD8

accent

#C5202A

background

#FEFAFE

surface

#FDF4FD

border

#D5CED5

text

#161016

muted

#847F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #DB8BE0

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

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