#DC8BDD#DC8BDD

#DC8BDD is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.144 H 326.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC8BDD
RGB	rgb(220, 139, 221)
HSL	hsl(299, 55%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(299, 37%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 37.1%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.68, 43.40, -29.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.68, 52.30, 326.09°)
OKLab	oklab(74.75% 0.12 -0.0795)
OKLCH	oklch(74.75% 0.144 326.5)
XYZ	xyz(51.7979, 38.9035, 73.1733)
Luminance	0.3890 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC8BDD #8CDD8B

analogous

#B38BDD #DC8BDD #DD8BB5

triadic

#DC8BDD #DDDC8B #8BDDDC

tetradic

#DC8BDD #DDB38B #8CDD8B #8BB5DD

square

#DC8BDD #DDB38B #8CDD8B #8BB5DD

split-complementary

#DC8BDD #B5DD8B #8BDDB3

monochromatic

#B636B8 #CE5CCF #DC8BDD #EABAEB #F8E7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#DC8BDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.78

#DC8BDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DC8BDD

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC8BDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC8BDD	1.00	2.39	8.78	8.78
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#84A1E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99ABDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E193AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc8bdd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 139, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.144 326.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8aee7',
    500: '#dc8bdd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc8bdd;
$custom-light: #e8aee7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc8bdd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 299.268,
    "s": 54.667,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74749,
    "c": 0.14391,
    "h": 326.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38901
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC8BDD

secondary

#D7EDD7

accent

#C22325

background

#FEFAFE

surface

#FDF4FC

border

#D5CED5

text

#161016

muted

#847F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC8BDD

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

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