#DE85EE#DE85EE

#DE85EE is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.172 H 321.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE85EE
RGB	rgb(222, 133, 238)
HSL	hsl(291, 76%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(291, 44%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.7%, 44.1%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.37, 50.29, -39.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.37, 63.65, 322.20°)
OKLab	oklab(74.8% 0.1343 -0.1074)
OKLCH	oklch(74.8% 0.172 321.3)
XYZ	xyz(53.9426, 38.4798, 85.4582)
Luminance	0.3848 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE85EE #95EE85

analogous

#A985EE #DE85EE #EE85CA

triadic

#DE85EE #EEDE85 #85EEDE

tetradic

#DE85EE #EEA985 #95EE85 #85CAEE

square

#DE85EE #EEA985 #95EE85 #85CAEE

split-complementary

#DE85EE #CAEE85 #85EEA9

monochromatic

#BE1EDA #CF4FE7 #DE85EE #EDBBF5 #F8E4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#DE85EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.70

#DE85EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DE85EE

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE85EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE85EE	1.00	2.42	8.70	8.70
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#77A0F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FAAEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E092AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de85ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 133, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.172 321.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eaabf4',
    500: '#de85ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de85ee;
$custom-light: #eaabf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de85ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.857,
    "s": 75.54,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74795,
    "c": 0.17198,
    "h": 321.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38478
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE85EE

secondary

#DCF3D8

accent

#D80E2D

background

#FEFAFE

surface

#FDF4FD

border

#D5CED5

text

#161017

muted

#847F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE85EE

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

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