#DC8CDC#DC8CDC

#DC8CDC is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.141 H 326.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC8CDC
RGB	rgb(220, 140, 220)
HSL	hsl(300, 53%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(300, 36%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36.4%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.85, 42.69, -28.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.85, 51.26, 326.40°)
OKLab	oklab(74.87% 0.1183 -0.0772)
OKLCH	oklch(74.87% 0.141 326.9)
XYZ	xyz(51.8105, 39.1413, 72.5222)
Luminance	0.3914 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC8CDC #8CDC8C

analogous

#B48CDC #DC8CDC #DC8CB4

triadic

#DC8CDC #DCDC8C #8CDCDC

tetradic

#DC8CDC #DCB48C #8CDC8C #8CB4DC

square

#DC8CDC #DCB48C #8CDC8C #8CB4DC

split-complementary

#DC8CDC #B4DC8C #8CDCB4

monochromatic

#B637B6 #CE5DCE #DC8CDC #EABBEA #F8E8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#DC8CDC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.83

#DC8CDC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DC8CDC

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC8CDC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC8CDC	1.00	2.38	8.83	8.83
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#86A2DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AACD9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E193AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc8cdc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 140, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.141 326.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8afe7',
    500: '#dc8cdc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc8cdc;
$custom-light: #e8afe7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc8cdc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 53.333,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74866,
    "c": 0.14122,
    "h": 326.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39139
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC8CDC

secondary

#D7EDD7

accent

#C12525

background

#FEFAFE

surface

#FDF5FC

border

#D5CFD5

text

#161016

muted

#847F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC8CDC

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

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