#DC8AEE#DC8AEE

#DC8AEE is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.163 H 320.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC8AEE
RGB	rgb(220, 138, 238)
HSL	hsl(289, 75%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(289, 42%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.6%, 42%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.16, 47.13, -37.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.16, 60.42, 321.27°)
OKLab	oklab(75.33% 0.125 -0.104)
OKLCH	oklch(75.33% 0.163 320.2)
XYZ	xyz(54.0344, 39.5675, 85.6633)
Luminance	0.3957 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC8AEE #9CEE8A

analogous

#AA8AEE #DC8AEE #EE8ACE

triadic

#DC8AEE #EEDC8A #8AEEDC

tetradic

#DC8AEE #EEAA8A #9CEE8A #8ACEEE

square

#DC8AEE #EEAA8A #9CEE8A #8ACEEE

split-complementary

#DC8AEE #CEEE8A #8AEEAA

monochromatic

#BB20DD #CC55E6 #DC8AEE #ECBFF6 #F7E4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#DC8AEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.91

#DC8AEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DC8AEE

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC8AEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC8AEE	1.00	2.36	8.91	8.91
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7CA3F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92ACEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD96B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc8aee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 138, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.163 320.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8aef4',
    500: '#dc8aee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc8aee;
$custom-light: #e8aef4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc8aee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.2,
    "s": 74.627,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75334,
    "c": 0.16262,
    "h": 320.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39566
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC8AEE

secondary

#DDF3D8

accent

#D70F33

background

#FEFAFE

surface

#FDF4FD

border

#D5CED5

text

#161017

muted

#847F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC8AEE

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

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