#DD8CED#DD8CED

#DD8CED is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.159 H 320.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD8CED
RGB	rgb(221, 140, 237)
HSL	hsl(290, 73%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(290, 41%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.8%, 40.9%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.64, 46.19, -36.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.64, 58.87, 321.69°)
OKLab	oklab(75.71% 0.1231 -0.1003)
OKLCH	oklch(75.71% 0.159 320.8)
XYZ	xyz(54.4811, 40.2446, 85.0025)
Luminance	0.4024 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD8CED #9CED8C

analogous

#AD8CED #DD8CED #ED8CCD

triadic

#DD8CED #EDDD8C #8CEDDD

tetradic

#DD8CED #EDAD8C #9CED8C #8CCDED

square

#DD8CED #EDAD8C #9CED8C #8CCDED

split-complementary

#DD8CED #CDED8C #8CEDAD

monochromatic

#BE22DC #CD57E5 #DD8CED #EDC1F5 #F7E5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#DD8CED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.05

#DD8CED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DD8CED

9.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD8CED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD8CED	1.00	2.32	9.05	9.05
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7FA4F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94ADEA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF98B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd8ced;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 140, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.159 320.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9aff3',
    500: '#dd8ced',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd8ced;
$custom-light: #e9aff3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd8ced",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.103,
    "s": 72.932,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75707,
    "c": 0.15877,
    "h": 320.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40243
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD8CED

secondary

#DDF3D8

accent

#D51031

background

#FEFAFE

surface

#FDF5FD

border

#D5CFD5

text

#161017

muted

#847F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD8CED

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

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