#DB8BE9#DB8BE9

#DB8BE9 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.155 H 321.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DB8BE9
RGB	rgb(219, 139, 233)
HSL	hsl(291, 68%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(291, 40%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(6%, 40.3%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.05, 45.35, -35.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.05, 57.44, 322.15°)
OKLab	oklab(75.16% 0.1214 -0.0967)
OKLCH	oklch(75.16% 0.155 321.5)
XYZ	xyz(53.1523, 39.4104, 81.8821)
Luminance	0.3941 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DB8BE9 #99E98B

analogous

#AC8BE9 #DB8BE9 #E98BC8

triadic

#DB8BE9 #E9DB8B #8BE9DB

tetradic

#DB8BE9 #E9AC8B #99E98B #8BC8E9

square

#DB8BE9 #E9AC8B #99E98B #8BC8E9

split-complementary

#DB8BE9 #C8E98B #8BE9AC

monochromatic

#B828D2 #CB58DF #DB8BE9 #EBBEF3 #F7E5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#DB8BE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.88

#DB8BE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DB8BE9

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DB8BE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DB8BE9	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)

#7FA3EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94ACE6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD96AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #db8be9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 139, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.155 321.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7aef0',
    500: '#db8be9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #db8be9;
$custom-light: #e7aef0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#db8be9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.064,
    "s": 68.116,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75156,
    "c": 0.15526,
    "h": 321.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39408
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DB8BE9

secondary

#DDF2D9

accent

#D01531

background

#FEFAFE

surface

#FDF4FD

border

#D5CED5

text

#161016

muted

#847F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #DB8BE9

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

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