#DC9EF8#DC9EF8

#DC9EF8 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.464; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.140 H 314.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC9EF8
RGB	rgb(220, 158, 248)
HSL	hsl(281, 87%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(281, 36%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.3%, 36.3%, 0%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.84, 38.53, -36.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.84, 52.73, 316.95°)
OKLab	oklab(78.99% 0.0986 -0.099)
OKLCH	oklch(78.99% 0.14 314.9)
XYZ	xyz(58.6827, 46.4479, 94.6628)
Luminance	0.4645 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC9EF8 #BAF89E

analogous

#AF9EF8 #DC9EF8 #F89EE7

triadic

#DC9EF8 #F8DC9E #9EF8DC

tetradic

#DC9EF8 #F8AF9E #BAF89E #9EE7F8

square

#DC9EF8 #F8AF9E #BAF89E #9EE7F8

split-complementary

#DC9EF8 #E7F89E #9EF8AF

monochromatic

#B32CF0 #C765F4 #DC9EF8 #F1D7FC #F5E2FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#DC9EF8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.29

#DC9EF8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DC9EF8

10.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC9EF8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC9EF8	1.00	2.04	10.29	10.29
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FB2FB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EB7F5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAAAC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc9ef8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 158, 248);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.140 314.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8bbfb',
    500: '#dc9ef8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc9ef8;
$custom-light: #e8bbfb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc9ef8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 248
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.333,
    "s": 86.538,
    "l": 79.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78988,
    "c": 0.1397,
    "h": 314.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.46447
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC9EF8

secondary

#E0F5D6

accent

#E30248

background

#FEFBFF

surface

#FDF6FF

border

#D5D0D7

text

#161217

muted

#848185

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC9EF8

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

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