#DC9DEB#DC9DEB

#DC9DEB is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.453; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.127 H 319.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC9DEB
RGB	rgb(220, 157, 235)
HSL	hsl(288, 66%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(288, 33%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.4%, 33.2%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.11, 36.49, -30.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.11, 47.27, 320.52°)
OKLab	oklab(78.27% 0.097 -0.0821)
OKLCH	oklch(78.27% 0.127 319.8)
XYZ	xyz(56.5656, 45.3293, 84.3508)
Luminance	0.4533 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC9DEB #ACEB9D

analogous

#B59DEB #DC9DEB #EB9DD3

triadic

#DC9DEB #EBDC9D #9DEBDC

tetradic

#DC9DEB #EBB59D #ACEB9D #9DD3EB

square

#DC9DEB #EBB59D #ACEB9D #9DD3EB

split-complementary

#DC9DEB #D3EB9D #9DEBB5

monochromatic

#B837D6 #CA6AE1 #DC9DEB #EED0F5 #F6E6FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#DC9DEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.07

#DC9DEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DC9DEB

10.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC9DEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC9DEB	1.00	2.09	10.07	10.07
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93AFEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2B6E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDA6BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc9deb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 157, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.127 319.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8bbf1',
    500: '#dc9deb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc9deb;
$custom-light: #e8bbf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc9deb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.462,
    "s": 66.102,
    "l": 76.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78271,
    "c": 0.12704,
    "h": 319.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.45328
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC9DEB

secondary

#DEF1DA

accent

#CE183B

background

#FEFBFE

surface

#FDF6FD

border

#D5D0D5

text

#161216

muted

#848184

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC9DEB

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

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