#DD8BEE#DD8BEE

#DD8BEE is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.161 H 320.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD8BEE
RGB	rgb(221, 139, 238)
HSL	hsl(290, 74%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(290, 42%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.1%, 41.6%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.48, 46.90, -37.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.48, 59.93, 321.51°)
OKLab	oklab(75.6% 0.1247 -0.1026)
OKLCH	oklch(75.6% 0.161 320.6)
XYZ	xyz(54.4821, 40.0123, 85.7256)
Luminance	0.4001 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD8BEE #9CEE8B

analogous

#AC8BEE #DD8BEE #EE8BCE

triadic

#DD8BEE #EEDD8B #8BEEDD

tetradic

#DD8BEE #EEAC8B #9CEE8B #8BCEEE

square

#DD8BEE #EEAC8B #9CEE8B #8BCEEE

split-complementary

#DD8BEE #CEEE8B #8BEEAC

monochromatic

#BE21DE #CD56E6 #DD8BEE #EDC0F6 #F7E4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#DD8BEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.00

#DD8BEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DD8BEE

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD8BEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD8BEE	1.00	2.33	9.00	9.00
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7DA4F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93ADEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF97B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd8bee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 139, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.161 320.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9aff4',
    500: '#dd8bee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd8bee;
$custom-light: #e9aff4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd8bee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.697,
    "s": 74.436,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75597,
    "c": 0.16148,
    "h": 320.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4001
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD8BEE

secondary

#DDF3D8

accent

#D70F31

background

#FEFAFE

surface

#FDF5FD

border

#D5CFD5

text

#161017

muted

#847F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD8BEE

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

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