#DD9DEC#DD9DEC

#DD9DEC is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.455; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.129 H 319.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD9DEC
RGB	rgb(221, 157, 236)
HSL	hsl(289, 68%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(289, 33%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.4%, 33.5%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.25, 36.99, -30.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.25, 47.86, 320.61°)
OKLab	oklab(78.41% 0.0983 -0.083)
OKLCH	oklch(78.41% 0.129 319.8)
XYZ	xyz(57.0141, 45.5438, 85.1281)
Luminance	0.4554 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD9DEC #ACEC9D

analogous

#B69DEC #DD9DEC #EC9DD3

triadic

#DD9DEC #ECDD9D #9DECDD

tetradic

#DD9DEC #ECB69D #ACEC9D #9DD3EC

square

#DD9DEC #ECB69D #ACEC9D #9DD3EC

split-complementary

#DD9DEC #D3EC9D #9DECB6

monochromatic

#B936D8 #CB6AE2 #DD9DEC #EFD0F6 #F6E5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#DD9DEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.11

#DD9DEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DD9DEC

10.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD9DEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD9DEC	1.00	2.08	10.11	10.11
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93AFEF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3B6E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DEA6BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd9dec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 157, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.129 319.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8bbf2',
    500: '#dd9dec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd9dec;
$custom-light: #e8bbf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd9dec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.608,
    "s": 67.521,
    "l": 77.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78413,
    "c": 0.12867,
    "h": 319.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.45542
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD9DEC

secondary

#DEF2D9

accent

#CF1639

background

#FEFBFE

surface

#FDF6FD

border

#D5D0D5

text

#161217

muted

#848185

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD9DEC

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

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