#DC8EEE#DC8EEE

#DC8EEE is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.156 H 319.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC8EEE
RGB	rgb(220, 142, 238)
HSL	hsl(289, 74%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(289, 40%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.6%, 40.3%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.99, 45.04, -36.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.99, 57.98, 320.97°)
OKLab	oklab(75.96% 0.1193 -0.1004)
OKLCH	oklch(75.96% 0.156 319.9)
XYZ	xyz(54.6189, 40.7365, 85.8581)
Luminance	0.4073 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC8EEE #A0EE8E

analogous

#AC8EEE #DC8EEE #EE8ED0

triadic

#DC8EEE #EEDC8E #8EEEDC

tetradic

#DC8EEE #EEAC8E #A0EE8E #8ED0EE

square

#DC8EEE #EEAC8E #A0EE8E #8ED0EE

split-complementary

#DC8EEE #D0EE8E #8EEEAC

monochromatic

#BB24DE #CC59E6 #DC8EEE #ECC3F6 #F7E4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#DC8EEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.15

#DC8EEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DC8EEE

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC8EEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC8EEE	1.00	2.30	9.15	9.15
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#81A6F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95AEEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD9AB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc8eee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 142, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.156 319.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8b0f4',
    500: '#dc8eee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc8eee;
$custom-light: #e8b0f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc8eee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.75,
    "s": 73.846,
    "l": 74.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75957,
    "c": 0.15591,
    "h": 319.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40735
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC8EEE

secondary

#DDF3D8

accent

#D61035

background

#FEFBFE

surface

#FDF6FD

border

#D5D0D5

text

#161117

muted

#848085

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC8EEE

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

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