#DC8CD5#DC8CD5

#DC8CD5 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.135 H 330.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC8CD5
RGB	rgb(220, 140, 213)
HSL	hsl(305, 53%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(305, 36%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36.4%, 3.2%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.59, 41.43, -24.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.59, 48.33, 329.00°)
OKLab	oklab(74.58% 0.1165 -0.0674)
OKLCH	oklch(74.58% 0.135 330)
XYZ	xyz(50.9028, 38.7782, 67.7416)
Luminance	0.3878 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC8CD5 #8CDC93

analogous

#BB8CDC #DC8CD5 #DC8CAD

triadic

#DC8CD5 #D5DC8C #8CD5DC

tetradic

#DC8CD5 #DCBB8C #8CDC93 #8CADDC

square

#DC8CD5 #DCBB8C #8CDC93 #8CADDC

split-complementary

#DC8CD5 #ADDC8C #8CDCBB

monochromatic

#B637AB #CE5DC4 #DC8CD5 #EABBE6 #F8E8F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#DC8CD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.76

#DC8CD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DC8CD5

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC8CD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC8CD5	1.00	2.40	8.76	8.76
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#89A1D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DABD2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E292A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc8cd5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 140, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.135 330.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8afe2',
    500: '#dc8cd5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc8cd5;
$custom-light: #e8afe2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc8cd5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 305.25,
    "s": 53.333,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74581,
    "c": 0.13462,
    "h": 330
  },
  "luminance": 0.38776
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC8CD5

secondary

#D7EDD9

accent

#C13225

background

#FEFAFD

surface

#FDF5FB

border

#D5CFD4

text

#161015

muted

#847F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC8CD5

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

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