#DB9CD7#DB9CD7

#DB9CD7 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.108 H 328.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DB9CD7
RGB	rgb(219, 156, 215)
HSL	hsl(304, 47%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(304, 29%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.8%, 1.8%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.06, 32.93, -20.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.06, 38.90, 327.83°)
OKLab	oklab(77.21% 0.0919 -0.0559)
OKLCH	oklch(77.21% 0.108 328.7)
XYZ	xyz(53.3666, 43.7452, 69.9093)
Luminance	0.4374 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DB9CD7 #9CDBA0

analogous

#BF9CDB #DB9CD7 #DB9CB7

triadic

#DB9CD7 #D7DB9C #9CD7DB

tetradic

#DB9CD7 #DBBF9C #9CDBA0 #9CB7DB

square

#DB9CD7 #DBBF9C #9CDBA0 #9CB7DB

split-complementary

#DB9CD7 #B7DB9C #9CDBBF

monochromatic

#B943B2 #CB6FC5 #DB9CD7 #EBC9E9 #F7E9F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#DB9CD7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.75

#DB9CD7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DB9CD7

9.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DB9CD7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DB9CD7	1.00	2.15	9.75	9.75
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99ACD9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8B4D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E0A1B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #db9cd7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 156, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.108 328.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7bae3',
    500: '#db9cd7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #db9cd7;
$custom-light: #e7bae3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#db9cd7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 303.81,
    "s": 46.667,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7721,
    "c": 0.10757,
    "h": 328.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43743
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DB9CD7

secondary

#DDEEDE

accent

#BA352C

background

#FEFBFD

surface

#FCF6FB

border

#D5D0D4

text

#161115

muted

#848083

Preview Lab

Preview with #DB9CD7

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

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