#DC8DEE#DC8DEE

#DC8DEE is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.158 H 320.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC8DEE
RGB	rgb(220, 141, 238)
HSL	hsl(289, 74%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(289, 41%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.6%, 40.8%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.78, 45.57, -36.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.78, 58.59, 321.05°)
OKLab	oklab(75.8% 0.1207 -0.1013)
OKLCH	oklch(75.8% 0.158 320)
XYZ	xyz(54.4707, 40.4403, 85.8088)
Luminance	0.4044 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC8DEE #9FEE8D

analogous

#AC8DEE #DC8DEE #EE8DD0

triadic

#DC8DEE #EEDC8D #8DEEDC

tetradic

#DC8DEE #EEAC8D #9FEE8D #8DD0EE

square

#DC8DEE #EEAC8D #9FEE8D #8DD0EE

split-complementary

#DC8DEE #D0EE8D #8DEEAC

monochromatic

#BB22DE #CC58E6 #DC8DEE #ECC2F6 #F7E4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#DC8DEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.09

#DC8DEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DC8DEE

9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC8DEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC8DEE	1.00	2.31	9.09	9.09
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#80A5F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94ADEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD99B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc8dee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 141, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.158 320.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8b0f4',
    500: '#dc8dee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc8dee;
$custom-light: #e8b0f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc8dee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.866,
    "s": 74.046,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.758,
    "c": 0.15758,
    "h": 320
  },
  "luminance": 0.40438
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC8DEE

secondary

#DDF3D8

accent

#D60F34

background

#FEFAFE

surface

#FDF5FD

border

#D5CFD5

text

#161117

muted

#848085

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC8DEE

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

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