#DC8ADD#DC8ADD

#DC8ADD is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.146 H 326.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC8ADD
RGB	rgb(220, 138, 221)
HSL	hsl(299, 55%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(299, 38%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 37.6%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.47, 43.93, -29.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.47, 52.92, 326.11°)
OKLab	oklab(74.59% 0.1214 -0.0804)
OKLCH	oklch(74.59% 0.146 326.5)
XYZ	xyz(51.6537, 38.6153, 73.1252)
Luminance	0.3861 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC8ADD #8BDD8A

analogous

#B28ADD #DC8ADD #DD8AB4

triadic

#DC8ADD #DDDC8A #8ADDDC

tetradic

#DC8ADD #DDB28A #8BDD8A #8AB4DD

square

#DC8ADD #DDB28A #8BDD8A #8AB4DD

split-complementary

#DC8ADD #B4DD8A #8ADDB2

monochromatic

#B635B7 #CE5BCF #DC8ADD #EAB9EB #F8E7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#DC8ADD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.72

#DC8ADD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DC8ADD

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC8ADD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC8ADD	1.00	2.41	8.72	8.72
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#83A0E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99ABDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E192A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc8add;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 138, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.146 326.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8aee7',
    500: '#dc8add',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc8add;
$custom-light: #e8aee7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc8add",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 299.277,
    "s": 54.967,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74591,
    "c": 0.14563,
    "h": 326.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38613
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC8ADD

secondary

#D6EDD6

accent

#C22325

background

#FEFAFE

surface

#FDF4FC

border

#D5CED5

text

#161016

muted

#847F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC8ADD

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

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