#DDB9EF#DDB9EF

#DDB9EF is a very light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.563; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.083 H 314.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDB9EF
RGB	rgb(221, 185, 239)
HSL	hsl(280, 63%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(280, 23%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.5%, 22.6%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.79, 22.49, -22.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.79, 31.46, 315.64°)
OKLab	oklab(83.45% 0.0583 -0.0596)
OKLCH	oklch(83.45% 0.083 314.3)
XYZ	xyz(62.7453, 56.3029, 89.2067)
Luminance	0.5630 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDB9EF #CBEFB9

analogous

#C2B9EF #DDB9EF #EFB9E6

triadic

#DDB9EF #EFDDB9 #B9EFDD

tetradic

#DDB9EF #EFC2B9 #CBEFB9 #B9E6EF

square

#DDB9EF #EFC2B9 #CBEFB9 #B9E6EF

split-complementary

#DDB9EF #E6EFB9 #B9EFC2

monochromatic

#AD55D8 #C587E4 #DDB9EF #F3E6F9 #F3E6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#DDB9EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.26

#DDB9EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDB9EF

12.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDB9EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDB9EF	1.00	1.71	12.26	12.26
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2C4F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9C7ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCBFCC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddb9ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 185, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.083 314.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8cef4',
    500: '#ddb9ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddb9ef;
$custom-light: #e8cef4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddb9ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280,
    "s": 62.791,
    "l": 83.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83445,
    "c": 0.08337,
    "h": 314.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.56302
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDB9EF

secondary

#99CD7F

accent

#CB1B55

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FCFBFE

border

#D5D4D6

text

#161317

muted

#848385

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDB9EF

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

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