#DC8AEC#DC8AEC

#DC8AEC is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.161 H 320.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC8AEC
RGB	rgb(220, 138, 236)
HSL	hsl(290, 72%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(290, 42%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.8%, 41.5%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.08, 46.75, -36.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.08, 59.52, 321.76°)
OKLab	oklab(75.24% 0.1246 -0.1013)
OKLCH	oklch(75.24% 0.161 320.9)
XYZ	xyz(53.7422, 39.4506, 84.1244)
Luminance	0.3945 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC8AEC #9AEC8A

analogous

#AB8AEC #DC8AEC #EC8ACB

triadic

#DC8AEC #ECDC8A #8AECDC

tetradic

#DC8AEC #ECAB8A #9AEC8A #8ACBEC

square

#DC8AEC #ECAB8A #9AEC8A #8ACBEC

split-complementary

#DC8AEC #CBEC8A #8AECAB

monochromatic

#BB23D8 #CC55E3 #DC8AEC #ECBFF5 #F7E5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#DC8AEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.89

#DC8AEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DC8AEC

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC8AEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC8AEC	1.00	2.36	8.89	8.89
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7DA3F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93ACE9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE96B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc8aec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 138, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.161 320.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8aef2',
    500: '#dc8aec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc8aec;
$custom-light: #e8aef2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc8aec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.204,
    "s": 72.059,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75244,
    "c": 0.16056,
    "h": 320.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39449
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC8AEC

secondary

#DDF2D9

accent

#D41131

background

#FEFAFE

surface

#FDF4FD

border

#D5CED5

text

#161017

muted

#847F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC8AEC

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

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