#DC8CEE#DC8CEE

#DC8CEE is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.159 H 320.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC8CEE
RGB	rgb(220, 140, 238)
HSL	hsl(289, 74%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(289, 41%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.6%, 41.2%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.57, 46.09, -37.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.57, 59.20, 321.12°)
OKLab	oklab(75.64% 0.1221 -0.1022)
OKLCH	oklch(75.64% 0.159 320.1)
XYZ	xyz(54.3240, 40.1467, 85.7598)
Luminance	0.4014 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC8CEE #9EEE8C

analogous

#AB8CEE #DC8CEE #EE8CCF

triadic

#DC8CEE #EEDC8C #8CEEDC

tetradic

#DC8CEE #EEAB8C #9EEE8C #8CCFEE

square

#DC8CEE #EEAB8C #9EEE8C #8CCFEE

split-complementary

#DC8CEE #CFEE8C #8CEEAB

monochromatic

#BC21DE #CC57E6 #DC8CEE #ECC1F6 #F7E4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#DC8CEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.03

#DC8CEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DC8CEE

9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC8CEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC8CEE	1.00	2.33	9.03	9.03
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7EA4F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93ADEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD98B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc8cee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 140, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.159 320.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8aff4',
    500: '#dc8cee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc8cee;
$custom-light: #e8aff4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc8cee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.98,
    "s": 74.242,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75644,
    "c": 0.15926,
    "h": 320.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40145
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC8CEE

secondary

#DDF3D8

accent

#D60F34

background

#FEFAFE

surface

#FDF5FD

border

#D5CFD5

text

#161017

muted

#847F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC8CEE

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

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