#DC8CD8#DC8CD8

#DC8CD8 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.137 H 328.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC8CD8
RGB	rgb(220, 140, 216)
HSL	hsl(303, 53%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(303, 36%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36.4%, 1.8%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.70, 41.97, -26.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.70, 49.57, 327.84°)
OKLab	oklab(74.7% 0.1173 -0.0716)
OKLCH	oklch(74.7% 0.137 328.6)
XYZ	xyz(51.2871, 38.9319, 69.7655)
Luminance	0.3893 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC8CD8 #8CDC90

analogous

#B88CDC #DC8CD8 #DC8CB0

triadic

#DC8CD8 #D8DC8C #8CD8DC

tetradic

#DC8CD8 #DCB88C #8CDC90 #8CB0DC

square

#DC8CD8 #DCB88C #8CDC90 #8CB0DC

split-complementary

#DC8CD8 #B0DC8C #8CDCB8

monochromatic

#B637B0 #CE5DC8 #DC8CD8 #EABBE8 #F8E8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#DC8CD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.79

#DC8CD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DC8CD8

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC8CD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC8CD8	1.00	2.39	8.79	8.79
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#88A1DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CABD5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E192A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc8cd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 140, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.137 328.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8afe4',
    500: '#dc8cd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc8cd8;
$custom-light: #e8afe4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc8cd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 303,
    "s": 53.333,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74702,
    "c": 0.13741,
    "h": 328.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3893
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC8CD8

secondary

#D7EDD8

accent

#C12D25

background

#FEFAFD

surface

#FDF5FB

border

#D5CFD4

text

#161015

muted

#847F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC8CD8

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

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