#DB9CD8#DB9CD8

#DB9CD8 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.109 H 328.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DB9CD8
RGB	rgb(219, 156, 216)
HSL	hsl(303, 47%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(303, 29%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.8%, 1.4%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.09, 33.11, -21.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.09, 39.33, 327.36°)
OKLab	oklab(77.25% 0.0922 -0.0572)
OKLCH	oklch(77.25% 0.109 328.2)
XYZ	xyz(53.4955, 43.7967, 70.5881)
Luminance	0.4380 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DB9CD8 #9CDB9F

analogous

#BE9CDB #DB9CD8 #DB9CB8

triadic

#DB9CD8 #D8DB9C #9CD8DB

tetradic

#DB9CD8 #DBBE9C #9CDB9F #9CB8DB

square

#DB9CD8 #DBBE9C #9CDB9F #9CB8DB

split-complementary

#DB9CD8 #B8DB9C #9CDBBE

monochromatic

#B943B4 #CB6FC6 #DB9CD8 #EBC9EA #F7E9F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#DB9CD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.76

#DB9CD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DB9CD8

9.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DB9CD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DB9CD8	1.00	2.15	9.76	9.76
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99ACDA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8B4D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DFA1B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #db9cd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 156, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.109 328.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7bae4',
    500: '#db9cd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #db9cd8;
$custom-light: #e7bae4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#db9cd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 302.857,
    "s": 46.667,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77248,
    "c": 0.10854,
    "h": 328.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43795
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DB9CD8

secondary

#DDEEDE

accent

#BA322C

background

#FEFBFD

surface

#FCF6FB

border

#D5D0D4

text

#161115

muted

#848083

Preview Lab

Preview with #DB9CD8

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

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