#DB9CF8#DB9CF8

#DB9CF8 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.456; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.143 H 314.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DB9CF8
RGB	rgb(219, 156, 248)
HSL	hsl(281, 87%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(281, 37%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.7%, 37.1%, 0%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.30, 39.31, -36.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.30, 53.87, 316.86°)
OKLab	oklab(78.56% 0.1003 -0.1014)
OKLCH	oklch(78.56% 0.143 314.7)
XYZ	xyz(58.0425, 45.6155, 94.5358)
Luminance	0.4561 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DB9CF8 #B9F89C

analogous

#AD9CF8 #DB9CF8 #F89CE7

triadic

#DB9CF8 #F8DB9C #9CF8DB

tetradic

#DB9CF8 #F8AD9C #B9F89C #9CE7F8

square

#DB9CF8 #F8AD9C #B9F89C #9CE7F8

split-complementary

#DB9CF8 #E7F89C #9CF8AD

monochromatic

#B12AF0 #C663F4 #DB9CF8 #F0D5FC #F5E2FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#DB9CF8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.12

#DB9CF8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DB9CF8

10.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DB9CF8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DB9CF8	1.00	2.07	10.12	10.12
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8DB0FB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CB6F5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9A8BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #db9cf8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 156, 248);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.143 314.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7bafb',
    500: '#db9cf8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #db9cf8;
$custom-light: #e7bafb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#db9cf8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 248
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.087,
    "s": 86.792,
    "l": 79.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78557,
    "c": 0.14263,
    "h": 314.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.45614
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DB9CF8

secondary

#E0F5D6

accent

#E30249

background

#FEFBFF

surface

#FDF6FF

border

#D5D0D7

text

#161217

muted

#848185

Preview Lab

Preview with #DB9CF8

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

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