#DD8AEC#DD8AEC

#DD8AEC is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.161 H 321.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD8AEC
RGB	rgb(221, 138, 236)
HSL	hsl(291, 72%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(291, 42%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.4%, 41.5%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.19, 47.04, -36.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.19, 59.63, 322.07°)
OKLab	oklab(75.35% 0.1257 -0.1007)
OKLCH	oklch(75.35% 0.161 321.3)
XYZ	xyz(54.0458, 39.6072, 84.1387)
Luminance	0.3961 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD8AEC #99EC8A

analogous

#AC8AEC #DD8AEC #EC8ACA

triadic

#DD8AEC #ECDD8A #8AECDD

tetradic

#DD8AEC #ECAC8A #99EC8A #8ACAEC

square

#DD8AEC #ECAC8A #99EC8A #8ACAEC

split-complementary

#DD8AEC #CAEC8A #8AECAC

monochromatic

#BD23D8 #CE55E3 #DD8AEC #ECBFF5 #F7E5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#DD8AEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.92

#DD8AEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DD8AEC

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD8AEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD8AEC	1.00	2.35	8.92	8.92
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7DA3F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93ACE9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF96B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd8aec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 138, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.161 321.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9aef2',
    500: '#dd8aec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd8aec;
$custom-light: #e9aef2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd8aec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.816,
    "s": 72.059,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75353,
    "c": 0.16111,
    "h": 321.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39605
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD8AEC

secondary

#DDF2D9

accent

#D4112F

background

#FEFAFE

surface

#FDF4FD

border

#D5CED5

text

#161017

muted

#847F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD8AEC

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

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