#DB8CD5#DB8CD5

#DB8CD5 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.134 H 329.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DB8CD5
RGB	rgb(219, 140, 213)
HSL	hsl(305, 52%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(305, 36%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36.1%, 2.7%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.48, 41.11, -25.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.48, 48.16, 328.62°)
OKLab	oklab(74.47% 0.1154 -0.0679)
OKLCH	oklch(74.47% 0.134 329.5)
XYZ	xyz(50.6010, 38.6226, 67.7274)
Luminance	0.3862 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DB8CD5 #8CDB92

analogous

#B98CDB #DB8CD5 #DB8CAD

triadic

#DB8CD5 #D5DB8C #8CD5DB

tetradic

#DB8CD5 #DBB98C #8CDB92 #8CADDB

square

#DB8CD5 #DBB98C #8CDB92 #8CADDB

split-complementary

#DB8CD5 #ADDB8C #8CDBB9

monochromatic

#B438AB #CC5DC4 #DB8CD5 #EABBE6 #F8E8F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#DB8CD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.72

#DB8CD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DB8CD5

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DB8CD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DB8CD5	1.00	2.41	8.72	8.72
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#88A0D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CABD2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E192A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #db8cd5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 140, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.134 329.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7afe2',
    500: '#db8cd5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #db8cd5;
$custom-light: #e7afe2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#db8cd5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 304.557,
    "s": 52.318,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7447,
    "c": 0.1339,
    "h": 329.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3862
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DB8CD5

secondary

#D7ECD8

accent

#C03126

background

#FEFAFD

surface

#FDF5FB

border

#D5CFD4

text

#161015

muted

#847F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #DB8CD5

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

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