#DDA5EC#DDA5EC

#DDA5EC is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.115 H 319.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDA5EC
RGB	rgb(221, 165, 236)
HSL	hsl(287, 65%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(287, 30%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.4%, 30.1%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.04, 32.69, -27.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.04, 42.80, 319.81°)
OKLab	oklab(79.77% 0.0867 -0.0752)
OKLCH	oklch(79.77% 0.115 319)
XYZ	xyz(58.4122, 48.3399, 85.5941)
Luminance	0.4834 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDA5EC #B4ECA5

analogous

#B9A5EC #DDA5EC #ECA5D7

triadic

#DDA5EC #ECDDA5 #A5ECDD

tetradic

#DDA5EC #ECB9A5 #B4ECA5 #A5D7EC

square

#DDA5EC #ECB9A5 #B4ECA5 #A5D7EC

split-complementary

#DDA5EC #D7ECA5 #A5ECB9

monochromatic

#B740D7 #CA72E1 #DDA5EC #F0D8F7 #F5E6FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#DDA5EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.67

#DDA5EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDA5EC

10.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDA5EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDA5EC	1.00	1.97	10.67	10.67
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CB5EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9BBEA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DEADBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dda5ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 165, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.115 319.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8c0f2',
    500: '#dda5ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dda5ec;
$custom-light: #e8c0f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dda5ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.324,
    "s": 65.138,
    "l": 78.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79774,
    "c": 0.11476,
    "h": 319
  },
  "luminance": 0.48339
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDA5EC

secondary

#DFF1DA

accent

#CD193F

background

#FEFBFE

surface

#FDF7FD

border

#D5D0D5

text

#161217

muted

#848185

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDA5EC

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

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