#DC8AEF#DC8AEF

#DC8AEF is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.164 H 319.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC8AEF
RGB	rgb(220, 138, 239)
HSL	hsl(289, 76%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(289, 42%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.9%, 42.3%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.20, 47.33, -38.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.20, 60.88, 321.03°)
OKLab	oklab(75.38% 0.1252 -0.1054)
OKLCH	oklch(75.38% 0.164 319.9)
XYZ	xyz(54.1817, 39.6264, 86.4392)
Luminance	0.3962 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC8AEF #9DEF8A

analogous

#AA8AEF #DC8AEF #EF8AD0

triadic

#DC8AEF #EFDC8A #8AEFDC

tetradic

#DC8AEF #EFAA8A #9DEF8A #8AD0EF

square

#DC8AEF #EFAA8A #9DEF8A #8AD0EF

split-complementary

#DC8AEF #D0EF8A #8AEFAA

monochromatic

#BC1FE0 #CC54E8 #DC8AEF #ECC0F6 #F7E4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#DC8AEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.92

#DC8AEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DC8AEF

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC8AEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC8AEF	1.00	2.35	8.92	8.92
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7BA3F3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91ACEC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD97B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc8aef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 138, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.164 319.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8aef4',
    500: '#dc8aef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc8aef;
$custom-light: #e8aef4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc8aef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.713,
    "s": 75.94,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7538,
    "c": 0.16364,
    "h": 319.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39625
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC8AEF

secondary

#DDF3D8

accent

#D80D34

background

#FEFAFE

surface

#FDF4FD

border

#D5CED5

text

#161017

muted

#847F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC8AEF

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

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