#DD8AEF#DD8AEF

#DD8AEF is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.164 H 320.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD8AEF
RGB	rgb(221, 138, 239)
HSL	hsl(289, 76%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(289, 42%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.5%, 42.3%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.31, 47.62, -38.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.31, 60.99, 321.33°)
OKLab	oklab(75.49% 0.1263 -0.1049)
OKLCH	oklch(75.49% 0.164 320.3)
XYZ	xyz(54.4853, 39.7830, 86.4534)
Luminance	0.3978 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD8AEF #9CEF8A

analogous

#AB8AEF #DD8AEF #EF8ACF

triadic

#DD8AEF #EFDD8A #8AEFDD

tetradic

#DD8AEF #EFAB8A #9CEF8A #8ACFEF

square

#DD8AEF #EFAB8A #9CEF8A #8ACFEF

split-complementary

#DD8AEF #CFEF8A #8AEFAB

monochromatic

#BE1FE0 #CD54E8 #DD8AEF #EDC0F6 #F7E4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#DD8AEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.96

#DD8AEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DD8AEF

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD8AEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD8AEF	1.00	2.34	8.96	8.96
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7CA3F3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92ACEC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE97B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd8aef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 138, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.164 320.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9aef4',
    500: '#dd8aef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd8aef;
$custom-light: #e9aef4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd8aef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.307,
    "s": 75.94,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75488,
    "c": 0.16418,
    "h": 320.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39781
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD8AEF

secondary

#DDF3D8

accent

#D80D32

background

#FEFAFE

surface

#FDF4FD

border

#D5CED5

text

#161017

muted

#847F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD8AEF

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

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