#DC8AED#DC8AED

#DC8AED is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.162 H 320.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC8AED
RGB	rgb(220, 138, 237)
HSL	hsl(290, 73%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(290, 42%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.2%, 41.8%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.12, 46.94, -37.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.12, 59.97, 321.51°)
OKLab	oklab(75.29% 0.1248 -0.1026)
OKLCH	oklch(75.29% 0.162 320.6)
XYZ	xyz(53.8879, 39.5089, 84.8917)
Luminance	0.3951 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC8AED #9BED8A

analogous

#AA8AED #DC8AED #ED8ACC

triadic

#DC8AED #EDDC8A #8AEDDC

tetradic

#DC8AED #EDAA8A #9BED8A #8ACCED

square

#DC8AED #EDAA8A #9BED8A #8ACCED

split-complementary

#DC8AED #CCED8A #8AEDAA

monochromatic

#BB22DB #CC55E5 #DC8AED #ECBFF5 #F7E4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#DC8AED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.90

#DC8AED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DC8AED

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC8AED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC8AED	1.00	2.36	8.90	8.90
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7CA3F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92ACEA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE96B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc8aed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 138, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.162 320.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8aef3',
    500: '#dc8aed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc8aed;
$custom-light: #e8aef3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc8aed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.697,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75289,
    "c": 0.16158,
    "h": 320.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39507
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC8AED

secondary

#DDF3D8

accent

#D51032

background

#FEFAFE

surface

#FDF4FD

border

#D5CED5

text

#161017

muted

#847F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC8AED

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

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