#DC8BEE#DC8BEE

#DC8BEE is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.161 H 320.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC8BEE
RGB	rgb(220, 139, 238)
HSL	hsl(289, 74%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(289, 42%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.6%, 41.6%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.37, 46.61, -37.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.37, 59.81, 321.20°)
OKLab	oklab(75.49% 0.1236 -0.1031)
OKLCH	oklch(75.49% 0.161 320.1)
XYZ	xyz(54.1785, 39.8558, 85.7113)
Luminance	0.3985 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC8BEE #9DEE8B

analogous

#AB8BEE #DC8BEE #EE8BCF

triadic

#DC8BEE #EEDC8B #8BEEDC

tetradic

#DC8BEE #EEAB8B #9DEE8B #8BCFEE

square

#DC8BEE #EEAB8B #9DEE8B #8BCFEE

split-complementary

#DC8BEE #CFEE8B #8BEEAB

monochromatic

#BC21DE #CC56E6 #DC8BEE #ECC0F6 #F7E4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#DC8BEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.97

#DC8BEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DC8BEE

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC8BEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC8BEE	1.00	2.34	8.97	8.97
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7DA4F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93ACEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD97B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc8bee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 139, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.161 320.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8aef4',
    500: '#dc8bee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc8bee;
$custom-light: #e8aef4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc8bee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.091,
    "s": 74.436,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75489,
    "c": 0.16094,
    "h": 320.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39854
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC8BEE

secondary

#DDF3D8

accent

#D70F33

background

#FEFAFE

surface

#FDF5FD

border

#D5CFD5

text

#161017

muted

#847F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC8BEE

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

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