#DE8AEE#DE8AEE

#DE8AEE is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.164 H 321.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE8AEE
RGB	rgb(222, 138, 238)
HSL	hsl(290, 75%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(290, 42%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.7%, 42%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.39, 47.72, -37.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.39, 60.65, 321.88°)
OKLab	oklab(75.55% 0.1273 -0.1029)
OKLCH	oklch(75.55% 0.164 321)
XYZ	xyz(54.6435, 39.8816, 85.6919)
Luminance	0.3988 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE8AEE #9AEE8A

analogous

#AC8AEE #DE8AEE #EE8ACC

triadic

#DE8AEE #EEDE8A #8AEEDE

tetradic

#DE8AEE #EEAC8A #9AEE8A #8ACCEE

square

#DE8AEE #EEAC8A #9AEE8A #8ACCEE

split-complementary

#DE8AEE #CCEE8A #8AEEAC

monochromatic

#BF20DD #CF55E6 #DE8AEE #EDBFF6 #F7E4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#DE8AEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.98

#DE8AEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DE8AEE

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE8AEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE8AEE	1.00	2.34	8.98	8.98
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7DA3F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93ADEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E096B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de8aee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 138, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.164 321.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eaaef4',
    500: '#de8aee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de8aee;
$custom-light: #eaaef4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de8aee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.4,
    "s": 74.627,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75552,
    "c": 0.16369,
    "h": 321
  },
  "luminance": 0.3988
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE8AEE

secondary

#DCF3D8

accent

#D70F2F

background

#FEFAFE

surface

#FDF4FD

border

#D5CED5

text

#161017

muted

#847F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE8AEE

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

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