#DB99DD#DB99DD

#DB99DD is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.119 H 325.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DB99DD
RGB	rgb(219, 153, 221)
HSL	hsl(298, 50%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(298, 31%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.9%, 30.8%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.60, 35.65, -24.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.60, 43.38, 325.27°)
OKLab	oklab(76.93% 0.0981 -0.067)
OKLCH	oklch(76.93% 0.119 325.7)
XYZ	xyz(53.6545, 43.0648, 73.8786)
Luminance	0.4306 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DB99DD #9BDD99

analogous

#B999DD #DB99DD #DD99BD

triadic

#DB99DD #DDDB99 #99DDDB

tetradic

#DB99DD #DDB999 #9BDD99 #99BDDD

square

#DB99DD #DDB999 #9BDD99 #99BDDD

split-complementary

#DB99DD #BDDD99 #99DDB9

monochromatic

#B93FBD #CB6BCE #DB99DD #EBC7EC #F7E8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#DB99DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.61

#DB99DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DB99DD

9.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DB99DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DB99DD	1.00	2.18	9.61	9.61
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94AAE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4B2DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF9FB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #db99dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 153, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.119 325.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7b8e7',
    500: '#db99dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #db99dd;
$custom-light: #e7b8e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#db99dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 298.235,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76931,
    "c": 0.11881,
    "h": 325.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43063
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DB99DD

secondary

#DDEEDD

accent

#BD282D

background

#FEFBFE

surface

#FCF6FC

border

#D5D0D5

text

#161116

muted

#848084

Preview Lab

Preview with #DB99DD

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

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