#DC8EE2#DC8EE2

#DC8EE2 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.144 H 324.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC8EE2
RGB	rgb(220, 142, 226)
HSL	hsl(296, 59%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(296, 37%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.7%, 37.2%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.51, 42.75, -30.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.51, 52.61, 324.35°)
OKLab	oklab(75.44% 0.1167 -0.0837)
OKLCH	oklch(75.44% 0.144 324.4)
XYZ	xyz(52.9143, 40.0547, 76.8808)
Luminance	0.4005 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC8EE2 #94E28E

analogous

#B28EE2 #DC8EE2 #E28EBE

triadic

#DC8EE2 #E2DC8E #8EE2DC

tetradic

#DC8EE2 #E2B28E #94E28E #8EBEE2

square

#DC8EE2 #E2B28E #94E28E #8EBEE2

split-complementary

#DC8EE2 #BEE28E #8EE2B2

monochromatic

#B932C3 #CD5DD6 #DC8EE2 #EBBFEE #F7E7F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#DC8EE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.01

#DC8EE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DC8EE2

9.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC8EE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC8EE2	1.00	2.33	9.01	9.01
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#86A4E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AADDF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E097AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc8ee2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 142, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.144 324.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8b0eb',
    500: '#dc8ee2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc8ee2;
$custom-light: #e8b0eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc8ee2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 295.714,
    "s": 59.155,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75435,
    "c": 0.14364,
    "h": 324.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40053
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC8EE2

secondary

#DCF0DB

accent

#C71F2B

background

#FEFAFE

surface

#FDF5FD

border

#D5CFD5

text

#161116

muted

#848084

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC8EE2

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

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