#DD8AEB#DD8AEB

#DD8AEB is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.160 H 321.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD8AEB
RGB	rgb(221, 138, 235)
HSL	hsl(291, 71%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(291, 41%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(6%, 41.3%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.15, 46.85, -36.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.15, 59.19, 322.33°)
OKLab	oklab(75.31% 0.1256 -0.0993)
OKLCH	oklch(75.31% 0.16 321.6)
XYZ	xyz(53.9009, 39.5492, 83.3756)
Luminance	0.3955 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD8AEB #98EB8A

analogous

#AC8AEB #DD8AEB #EB8AC8

triadic

#DD8AEB #EBDD8A #8AEBDD

tetradic

#DD8AEB #EBAC8A #98EB8A #8AC8EB

square

#DD8AEB #EBAC8A #98EB8A #8AC8EB

split-complementary

#DD8AEB #C8EB8A #8AEBAC

monochromatic

#BC25D6 #CE56E2 #DD8AEB #ECBEF4 #F7E5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#DD8AEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.91

#DD8AEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DD8AEB

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD8AEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD8AEB	1.00	2.36	8.91	8.91
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7EA3EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94ACE8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF95B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd8aeb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 138, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.160 321.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9aef1',
    500: '#dd8aeb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd8aeb;
$custom-light: #e9aef1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd8aeb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.34,
    "s": 70.803,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75308,
    "c": 0.1601,
    "h": 321.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39547
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD8AEB

secondary

#DDF2D9

accent

#D3132E

background

#FEFAFE

surface

#FDF4FD

border

#D5CED5

text

#161017

muted

#847F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD8AEB

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

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