#DC8CD9#DC8CD9

#DC8CD9 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.138 H 328.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC8CD9
RGB	rgb(220, 140, 217)
HSL	hsl(302, 53%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(302, 36%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36.4%, 1.4%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.74, 42.15, -26.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.74, 49.99, 327.47°)
OKLab	oklab(74.74% 0.1175 -0.073)
OKLCH	oklch(74.74% 0.138 328.2)
XYZ	xyz(51.4167, 38.9838, 70.4485)
Luminance	0.3898 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC8CD9 #8CDC8F

analogous

#B78CDC #DC8CD9 #DC8CB1

triadic

#DC8CD9 #D9DC8C #8CD9DC

tetradic

#DC8CD9 #DCB78C #8CDC8F #8CB1DC

square

#DC8CD9 #DCB78C #8CDC8F #8CB1DC

split-complementary

#DC8CD9 #B1DC8C #8CDCB7

monochromatic

#B637B1 #CE5DC9 #DC8CD9 #EABBE9 #F8E8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#DC8CD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.80

#DC8CD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DC8CD9

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC8CD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC8CD9	1.00	2.39	8.80	8.80
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#87A1DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CABD6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E193A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc8cd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 140, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.138 328.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8afe5',
    500: '#dc8cd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc8cd9;
$custom-light: #e8afe5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc8cd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 302.25,
    "s": 53.333,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74742,
    "c": 0.13836,
    "h": 328.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38982
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC8CD9

secondary

#D7EDD8

accent

#C12B25

background

#FEFAFE

surface

#FDF5FC

border

#D5CFD5

text

#161015

muted

#847F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC8CD9

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

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