#DE8CDC#DE8CDC

#DE8CDC is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.143 H 327.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE8CDC
RGB	rgb(222, 140, 220)
HSL	hsl(301, 55%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(301, 37%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36.9%, 0.9%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.08, 43.31, -28.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.08, 51.57, 327.12°)
OKLab	oklab(75.09% 0.1205 -0.0761)
OKLCH	oklch(75.09% 0.143 327.7)
XYZ	xyz(52.4196, 39.4554, 72.5507)
Luminance	0.3945 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE8CDC #8CDE8E

analogous

#B78CDE #DE8CDC #DE8CB3

triadic

#DE8CDC #DCDE8C #8CDCDE

tetradic

#DE8CDC #DEB78C #8CDE8E #8CB3DE

square

#DE8CDC #DEB78C #8CDE8E #8CB3DE

split-complementary

#DE8CDC #B3DE8C #8CDEB7

monochromatic

#BA35B7 #D05CCE #DE8CDC #ECBCEA #F8E7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#DE8CDC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.89

#DE8CDC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DE8CDC

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE8CDC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE8CDC	1.00	2.36	8.89	8.89
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#87A2DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CACD9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E393AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de8cdc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 140, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.143 327.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9afe7',
    500: '#de8cdc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de8cdc;
$custom-light: #e9afe7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de8cdc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 301.463,
    "s": 55.405,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75086,
    "c": 0.14255,
    "h": 327.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39453
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE8CDC

secondary

#D8EED9

accent

#C32623

background

#FEFAFE

surface

#FDF5FC

border

#D5CFD5

text

#161016

muted

#847F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE8CDC

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

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