#DC8EE4#DC8EE4

#DC8EE4 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.146 H 323.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC8EE4
RGB	rgb(220, 142, 228)
HSL	hsl(294, 61%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(294, 38%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.5%, 37.7%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.59, 43.13, -31.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.59, 53.49, 323.73°)
OKLab	oklab(75.52% 0.1172 -0.0865)
OKLCH	oklch(75.52% 0.146 323.6)
XYZ	xyz(53.1903, 40.1651, 78.3345)
Luminance	0.4016 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC8EE4 #96E48E

analogous

#B18EE4 #DC8EE4 #E48EC1

triadic

#DC8EE4 #E4DC8E #8EE4DC

tetradic

#DC8EE4 #E4B18E #96E48E #8EC1E4

square

#DC8EE4 #E4B18E #96E48E #8EC1E4

split-complementary

#DC8EE4 #C1E48E #8EE4B1

monochromatic

#BA30C8 #CD5DD8 #DC8EE4 #EBBFF0 #F7E6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#DC8EE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.03

#DC8EE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DC8EE4

9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC8EE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC8EE4	1.00	2.32	9.03	9.03
#FFFFFF	2.32	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)

#85A4E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99ADE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF97AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc8ee4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 142, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.146 323.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8b0ec',
    500: '#dc8ee4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc8ee4;
$custom-light: #e8b0ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc8ee4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 294.419,
    "s": 61.429,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7552,
    "c": 0.14564,
    "h": 323.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40163
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC8EE4

secondary

#DDF0DB

accent

#C91C2C

background

#FEFBFE

surface

#FDF6FD

border

#D5D0D5

text

#161116

muted

#848084

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC8EE4

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

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