#DC8EDE#DC8EDE

#DC8EDE is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.140 H 326.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC8EDE
RGB	rgb(220, 142, 222)
HSL	hsl(299, 55%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(299, 36%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.9%, 36%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.35, 42.01, -28.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.35, 50.87, 325.66°)
OKLab	oklab(75.27% 0.1158 -0.0781)
OKLCH	oklch(75.27% 0.14 326)
XYZ	xyz(52.3718, 39.8377, 74.0238)
Luminance	0.3984 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC8EDE #90DE8E

analogous

#B48EDE #DC8EDE #DE8EB8

triadic

#DC8EDE #DEDC8E #8EDEDC

tetradic

#DC8EDE #DEB48E #90DE8E #8EB8DE

square

#DC8EDE #DEB48E #90DE8E #8EB8DE

split-complementary

#DC8EDE #B8DE8E #8EDEB4

monochromatic

#B837BB #CD5FD0 #DC8EDE #EBBDEC #F8E7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#DC8EDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.97

#DC8EDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DC8EDE

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC8EDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC8EDE	1.00	2.34	8.97	8.97
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#87A3E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BADDB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E096AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc8ede;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 142, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.140 326.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8b0e8',
    500: '#dc8ede',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc8ede;
$custom-light: #e8b0e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc8ede",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 298.5,
    "s": 54.795,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75268,
    "c": 0.1397,
    "h": 326
  },
  "luminance": 0.39836
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC8EDE

secondary

#DAEEDA

accent

#C22327

background

#FEFAFE

surface

#FDF5FC

border

#D5CFD5

text

#161116

muted

#848084

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC8EDE

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

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