#DE8CD5#DE8CD5

#DE8CD5 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.136 H 330.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE8CD5
RGB	rgb(222, 140, 213)
HSL	hsl(307, 55%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(307, 37%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36.9%, 4.1%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.82, 42.06, -24.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.82, 48.69, 329.76°)
OKLab	oklab(74.8% 0.1188 -0.0663)
OKLCH	oklch(74.8% 0.136 330.8)
XYZ	xyz(51.5119, 39.0923, 67.7701)
Luminance	0.3909 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE8CD5 #8CDE95

analogous

#BE8CDE #DE8CD5 #DE8CAC

triadic

#DE8CD5 #D5DE8C #8CD5DE

tetradic

#DE8CD5 #DEBE8C #8CDE95 #8CACDE

square

#DE8CD5 #DEBE8C #8CDE95 #8CACDE

split-complementary

#DE8CD5 #ACDE8C #8CDEBE

monochromatic

#BA35AC #D05CC4 #DE8CD5 #ECBCE6 #F8E7F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#DE8CD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.82

#DE8CD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DE8CD5

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE8CD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE8CD5	1.00	2.38	8.82	8.82
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#89A1D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EACD2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E491A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de8cd5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 140, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.136 330.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9afe2',
    500: '#de8cd5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de8cd5;
$custom-light: #e9afe2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de8cd5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 306.585,
    "s": 55.405,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74802,
    "c": 0.13605,
    "h": 330.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3909
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE8CD5

secondary

#D8EEDA

accent

#C33423

background

#FEFAFD

surface

#FDF5FB

border

#D5CFD4

text

#161015

muted

#847F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE8CD5

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

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