#DE8CD8#DE8CD8

#DE8CD8 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.139 H 329.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE8CD8
RGB	rgb(222, 140, 216)
HSL	hsl(304, 55%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(304, 37%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36.9%, 2.7%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.93, 42.59, -26.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.93, 49.91, 328.58°)
OKLab	oklab(74.92% 0.1196 -0.0705)
OKLCH	oklch(74.92% 0.139 329.5)
XYZ	xyz(51.8962, 39.2460, 69.7941)
Luminance	0.3924 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE8CD8 #8CDE92

analogous

#BB8CDE #DE8CD8 #DE8CAF

triadic

#DE8CD8 #D8DE8C #8CD8DE

tetradic

#DE8CD8 #DEBB8C #8CDE92 #8CAFDE

square

#DE8CD8 #DEBB8C #8CDE92 #8CAFDE

split-complementary

#DE8CD8 #AFDE8C #8CDEBB

monochromatic

#BA35B0 #D05CC8 #DE8CD8 #ECBCE8 #F8E7F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#DE8CD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.85

#DE8CD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DE8CD8

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE8CD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE8CD8	1.00	2.37	8.85	8.85
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#88A1DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DACD5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E492A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de8cd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 140, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.139 329.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9afe4',
    500: '#de8cd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de8cd8;
$custom-light: #e9afe4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de8cd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 304.39,
    "s": 55.405,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74923,
    "c": 0.1388,
    "h": 329.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39244
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE8CD8

secondary

#D8EEDA

accent

#C32E23

background

#FEFAFD

surface

#FDF5FB

border

#D5CFD4

text

#161015

muted

#847F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE8CD8

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

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