#DB8BEB#DB8BEB

#DB8BEB is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.157 H 320.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DB8BEB
RGB	rgb(219, 139, 235)
HSL	hsl(290, 71%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(290, 41%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.8%, 40.9%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.13, 45.74, -36.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.13, 58.34, 321.63°)
OKLab	oklab(75.25% 0.1218 -0.0995)
OKLCH	oklch(75.25% 0.157 320.8)
XYZ	xyz(53.4396, 39.5253, 83.3953)
Luminance	0.3952 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DB8BEB #9BEB8B

analogous

#AB8BEB #DB8BEB #EB8BCB

triadic

#DB8BEB #EBDB8B #8BEBDB

tetradic

#DB8BEB #EBAB8B #9BEB8B #8BCBEB

square

#DB8BEB #EBAB8B #9BEB8B #8BCBEB

split-complementary

#DB8BEB #CBEB8B #8BEBAB

monochromatic

#B925D7 #CB57E2 #DB8BEB #EBBFF4 #F7E5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#DB8BEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.90

#DB8BEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DB8BEB

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DB8BEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DB8BEB	1.00	2.36	8.90	8.90
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7EA3EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93ACE8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD97B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #db8beb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 139, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.157 320.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8aef1',
    500: '#db8beb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #db8beb;
$custom-light: #e8aef1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#db8beb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290,
    "s": 70.588,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75246,
    "c": 0.15731,
    "h": 320.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39523
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DB8BEB

secondary

#DDF2D9

accent

#D31333

background

#FEFAFE

surface

#FDF5FD

border

#D5CFD5

text

#161017

muted

#847F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #DB8BEB

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

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