#DB9CD6#DB9CD6

#DB9CD6 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.107 H 329.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DB9CD6
RGB	rgb(219, 156, 214)
HSL	hsl(305, 47%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(305, 29%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.8%, 2.3%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.02, 32.75, -20.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.02, 38.49, 328.31°)
OKLab	oklab(77.17% 0.0916 -0.0545)
OKLCH	oklch(77.17% 0.107 329.3)
XYZ	xyz(53.2385, 43.6939, 69.2347)
Luminance	0.4369 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DB9CD6 #9CDBA1

analogous

#C09CDB #DB9CD6 #DB9CB6

triadic

#DB9CD6 #D6DB9C #9CD6DB

tetradic

#DB9CD6 #DBC09C #9CDBA1 #9CB6DB

square

#DB9CD6 #DBC09C #9CDBA1 #9CB6DB

split-complementary

#DB9CD6 #B6DB9C #9CDBC0

monochromatic

#B943B0 #CB6FC3 #DB9CD6 #EBC9E9 #F7E9F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#DB9CD6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.74

#DB9CD6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DB9CD6

9.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DB9CD6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DB9CD6	1.00	2.16	9.74	9.74
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99ABD8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8B4D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E0A0B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #db9cd6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 156, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.107 329.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7bae2',
    500: '#db9cd6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #db9cd6;
$custom-light: #e7bae2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#db9cd6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 304.762,
    "s": 46.667,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77172,
    "c": 0.10661,
    "h": 329.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43692
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DB9CD6

secondary

#DDEEDE

accent

#BA372C

background

#FEFBFD

surface

#FCF6FB

border

#D5D0D4

text

#161115

muted

#848083

Preview Lab

Preview with #DB9CD6

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

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