#DB8BEE#DB8BEE

#DB8BEE is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.160 H 319.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DB8BEE
RGB	rgb(219, 139, 238)
HSL	hsl(288, 74%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(288, 42%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(8%, 41.6%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.26, 46.32, -37.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.26, 59.70, 320.88°)
OKLab	oklab(75.38% 0.1224 -0.1037)
OKLCH	oklch(75.38% 0.16 319.7)
XYZ	xyz(53.8767, 39.7001, 85.6972)
Luminance	0.3970 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DB8BEE #9EEE8B

analogous

#AA8BEE #DB8BEE #EE8BD0

triadic

#DB8BEE #EEDB8B #8BEEDB

tetradic

#DB8BEE #EEAA8B #9EEE8B #8BD0EE

square

#DB8BEE #EEAA8B #9EEE8B #8BD0EE

split-complementary

#DB8BEE #D0EE8B #8BEEAA

monochromatic

#BA21DE #CA56E6 #DB8BEE #ECC0F6 #F7E4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#DB8BEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.94

#DB8BEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DB8BEE

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DB8BEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DB8BEE	1.00	2.35	8.94	8.94
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7DA4F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92ACEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC97B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #db8bee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 139, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.160 319.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8aef4',
    500: '#db8bee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #db8bee;
$custom-light: #e8aef4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#db8bee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.485,
    "s": 74.436,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75381,
    "c": 0.16042,
    "h": 319.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39698
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DB8BEE

secondary

#DDF3D8

accent

#D70F35

background

#FEFAFE

surface

#FDF5FD

border

#D5CFD5

text

#161017

muted

#847F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #DB8BEE

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →