#DB9CD5#DB9CD5

#DB9CD5 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.106 H 329.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DB9CD5
RGB	rgb(219, 156, 213)
HSL	hsl(306, 47%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(306, 29%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.8%, 2.7%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.99, 32.57, -19.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.99, 38.07, 328.80°)
OKLab	oklab(77.13% 0.0914 -0.0531)
OKLCH	oklch(77.13% 0.106 329.8)
XYZ	xyz(53.1112, 43.6430, 68.5642)
Luminance	0.4364 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DB9CD5 #9CDBA2

analogous

#C19CDB #DB9CD5 #DB9CB5

triadic

#DB9CD5 #D5DB9C #9CD5DB

tetradic

#DB9CD5 #DBC19C #9CDBA2 #9CB5DB

square

#DB9CD5 #DBC19C #9CDBA2 #9CB5DB

split-complementary

#DB9CD5 #B5DB9C #9CDBC1

monochromatic

#B943AE #CB6FC2 #DB9CD5 #EBC9E8 #F7E9F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#DB9CD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.73

#DB9CD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DB9CD5

9.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DB9CD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DB9CD5	1.00	2.16	9.73	9.73
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AABD7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9B3D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E0A0B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #db9cd5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 156, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.106 329.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7bae2',
    500: '#db9cd5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #db9cd5;
$custom-light: #e7bae2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#db9cd5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 305.714,
    "s": 46.667,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77135,
    "c": 0.10566,
    "h": 329.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43641
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DB9CD5

secondary

#DDEEDF

accent

#BA392C

background

#FEFBFD

surface

#FCF6FB

border

#D5D0D4

text

#161115

muted

#848083

Preview Lab

Preview with #DB9CD5

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

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