#DE8AEC#DE8AEC

#DE8AEC is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.162 H 321.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE8AEC
RGB	rgb(222, 138, 236)
HSL	hsl(291, 72%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(291, 42%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.9%, 41.5%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.30, 47.33, -36.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.30, 59.75, 322.39°)
OKLab	oklab(75.46% 0.1269 -0.1002)
OKLCH	oklch(75.46% 0.162 321.7)
XYZ	xyz(54.3513, 39.7647, 84.1530)
Luminance	0.3976 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE8AEC #98EC8A

analogous

#AD8AEC #DE8AEC #EC8AC9

triadic

#DE8AEC #ECDE8A #8AECDE

tetradic

#DE8AEC #ECAD8A #98EC8A #8AC9EC

square

#DE8AEC #ECAD8A #98EC8A #8AC9EC

split-complementary

#DE8AEC #C9EC8A #8AECAD

monochromatic

#BF23D8 #CF55E3 #DE8AEC #EDBFF5 #F8E5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#DE8AEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.95

#DE8AEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DE8AEC

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE8AEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE8AEC	1.00	2.35	8.95	8.95
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7EA3F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94ADE9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E096B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de8aec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 138, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.162 321.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eaaef2',
    500: '#de8aec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de8aec;
$custom-light: #eaaef2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de8aec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.429,
    "s": 72.059,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75462,
    "c": 0.16166,
    "h": 321.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39763
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE8AEC

secondary

#DCF2D9

accent

#D4112D

background

#FEFAFE

surface

#FDF4FD

border

#D5CED5

text

#161017

muted

#847F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE8AEC

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

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