#DD8DEE#DD8DEE

#DD8DEE is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.158 H 320.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD8DEE
RGB	rgb(221, 141, 238)
HSL	hsl(289, 74%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(289, 41%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.1%, 40.8%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.89, 45.86, -36.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.89, 58.71, 321.36°)
OKLab	oklab(75.91% 0.1219 -0.1008)
OKLCH	oklch(75.91% 0.158 320.4)
XYZ	xyz(54.7744, 40.5968, 85.8230)
Luminance	0.4059 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD8DEE #9EEE8D

analogous

#AD8DEE #DD8DEE #EE8DCE

triadic

#DD8DEE #EEDD8D #8DEEDD

tetradic

#DD8DEE #EEAD8D #9EEE8D #8DCEEE

square

#DD8DEE #EEAD8D #9EEE8D #8DCEEE

split-complementary

#DD8DEE #CEEE8D #8DEEAD

monochromatic

#BD22DE #CD58E6 #DD8DEE #EDC2F6 #F7E4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#DD8DEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.12

#DD8DEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DD8DEE

9.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD8DEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD8DEE	1.00	2.30	9.12	9.12
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#80A5F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95AEEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF99B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd8dee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 141, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.158 320.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9b0f4',
    500: '#dd8dee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd8dee;
$custom-light: #e9b0f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd8dee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.485,
    "s": 74.046,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75907,
    "c": 0.15812,
    "h": 320.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40595
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD8DEE

secondary

#DDF3D8

accent

#D60F32

background

#FEFAFE

surface

#FDF5FD

border

#D5CFD5

text

#161117

muted

#848085

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD8DEE

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

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