#DD8AEE#DD8AEE

#DD8AEE is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.163 H 320.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD8AEE
RGB	rgb(221, 138, 238)
HSL	hsl(290, 75%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(290, 42%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.1%, 42%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.27, 47.42, -37.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.27, 60.53, 321.58°)
OKLab	oklab(75.44% 0.1261 -0.1035)
OKLCH	oklch(75.44% 0.163 320.6)
XYZ	xyz(54.3380, 39.7241, 85.6775)
Luminance	0.3972 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD8AEE #9BEE8A

analogous

#AB8AEE #DD8AEE #EE8ACD

triadic

#DD8AEE #EEDD8A #8AEEDD

tetradic

#DD8AEE #EEAB8A #9BEE8A #8ACDEE

square

#DD8AEE #EEAB8A #9BEE8A #8ACDEE

split-complementary

#DD8AEE #CDEE8A #8AEEAB

monochromatic

#BD20DD #CD55E6 #DD8AEE #EDBFF6 #F7E4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#DD8AEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.94

#DD8AEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DD8AEE

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD8AEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD8AEE	1.00	2.35	8.94	8.94
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7CA3F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92ACEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF96B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd8aee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 138, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.163 320.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9aef4',
    500: '#dd8aee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd8aee;
$custom-light: #e9aef4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd8aee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.8,
    "s": 74.627,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75443,
    "c": 0.16315,
    "h": 320.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39722
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD8AEE

secondary

#DDF3D8

accent

#D70F31

background

#FEFAFE

surface

#FDF4FD

border

#D5CED5

text

#161017

muted

#847F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD8AEE

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

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