#DC8EDD#DC8EDD

#DC8EDD is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.139 H 326.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC8EDD
RGB	rgb(220, 142, 221)
HSL	hsl(299, 54%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(299, 36%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 35.7%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.32, 41.82, -28.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.32, 50.44, 326.00°)
OKLab	oklab(75.23% 0.1156 -0.0767)
OKLCH	oklch(75.23% 0.139 326.4)
XYZ	xyz(52.2382, 39.7842, 73.3201)
Luminance	0.3978 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC8EDD #8FDD8E

analogous

#B48EDD #DC8EDD #DD8EB6

triadic

#DC8EDD #DDDC8E #8EDDDC

tetradic

#DC8EDD #DDB48E #8FDD8E #8EB6DD

square

#DC8EDD #DDB48E #8FDD8E #8EB6DD

split-complementary

#DC8EDD #B6DD8E #8EDDB4

monochromatic

#B738B9 #CD5FCF #DC8EDD #EBBDEB #F8E7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#DC8EDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.96

#DC8EDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DC8EDD

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC8EDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC8EDD	1.00	2.34	8.96	8.96
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#88A3E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CADDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E095AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc8edd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 142, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.139 326.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8b0e7',
    500: '#dc8edd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc8edd;
$custom-light: #e8b0e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc8edd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 299.241,
    "s": 53.741,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75227,
    "c": 0.13873,
    "h": 326.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39782
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC8EDD

secondary

#D9EED9

accent

#C12426

background

#FEFAFE

surface

#FDF5FC

border

#D5CFD5

text

#161116

muted

#848084

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC8EDD

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

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