#DE8AE4#DE8AE4

#DE8AE4 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.154 H 324.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE8AE4
RGB	rgb(222, 138, 228)
HSL	hsl(296, 63%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(296, 39%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 39.5%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.98, 45.83, -32.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.98, 56.22, 324.59°)
OKLab	oklab(75.11% 0.1253 -0.0891)
OKLCH	oklch(75.11% 0.154 324.6)
XYZ	xyz(53.2149, 39.3102, 78.1683)
Luminance	0.3931 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE8AE4 #90E48A

analogous

#B18AE4 #DE8AE4 #E48ABD

triadic

#DE8AE4 #E4DE8A #8AE4DE

tetradic

#DE8AE4 #E4B18A #90E48A #8ABDE4

square

#DE8AE4 #E4B18A #90E48A #8ABDE4

split-complementary

#DE8AE4 #BDE48A #8AE4B1

monochromatic

#BC2EC6 #D058D9 #DE8AE4 #ECBCEF #F8E6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#DE8AE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.86

#DE8AE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DE8AE4

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE8AE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE8AE4	1.00	2.37	8.86	8.86
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#81A2E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97ACE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E293AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de8ae4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 138, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.154 324.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eaaeec',
    500: '#de8ae4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de8ae4;
$custom-light: #eaaeec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de8ae4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 296,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7511,
    "c": 0.15369,
    "h": 324.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39308
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE8AE4

secondary

#DBF0D9

accent

#CA1B27

background

#FEFAFE

surface

#FDF4FD

border

#D5CED5

text

#161016

muted

#847F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE8AE4

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

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