#DB8CEE#DB8CEE

#DB8CEE is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.159 H 319.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DB8CEE
RGB	rgb(219, 140, 238)
HSL	hsl(288, 74%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(288, 41%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(8%, 41.2%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.46, 45.80, -37.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.46, 59.09, 320.81°)
OKLab	oklab(75.54% 0.121 -0.1027)
OKLCH	oklch(75.54% 0.159 319.7)
XYZ	xyz(54.0221, 39.9911, 85.7457)
Luminance	0.3999 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DB8CEE #9FEE8C

analogous

#AA8CEE #DB8CEE #EE8CD0

triadic

#DB8CEE #EEDB8C #8CEEDB

tetradic

#DB8CEE #EEAA8C #9FEE8C #8CD0EE

square

#DB8CEE #EEAA8C #9FEE8C #8CD0EE

split-complementary

#DB8CEE #D0EE8C #8CEEAA

monochromatic

#BA21DE #CA57E6 #DB8CEE #ECC1F6 #F7E4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#DB8CEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.00

#DB8CEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DB8CEE

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DB8CEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DB8CEE	1.00	2.33	9.00	9.00
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7EA4F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93ADEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC98B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #db8cee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 140, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.159 319.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8aff4',
    500: '#db8cee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #db8cee;
$custom-light: #e8aff4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#db8cee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.367,
    "s": 74.242,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75536,
    "c": 0.15874,
    "h": 319.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39989
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DB8CEE

secondary

#DDF3D8

accent

#D60F36

background

#FEFAFE

surface

#FDF5FD

border

#D5CFD5

text

#161017

muted

#847F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #DB8CEE

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

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