#DE8CE9#DE8CE9

#DE8CE9 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.155 H 322.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE8CE9
RGB	rgb(222, 140, 233)
HSL	hsl(293, 68%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(293, 40%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.7%, 39.9%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.59, 45.72, -34.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.59, 57.20, 323.07°)
OKLab	oklab(75.64% 0.1234 -0.0942)
OKLCH	oklch(75.64% 0.155 322.6)
XYZ	xyz(54.2087, 40.1710, 81.9733)
Luminance	0.4017 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE8CE9 #97E98C

analogous

#AF8CE9 #DE8CE9 #E98CC5

triadic

#DE8CE9 #E9DE8C #8CE9DE

tetradic

#DE8CE9 #E9AF8C #97E98C #8CC5E9

square

#DE8CE9 #E9AF8C #97E98C #8CC5E9

split-complementary

#DE8CE9 #C5E98C #8CE9AF

monochromatic

#BE28D2 #CF59DF #DE8CE9 #EDBFF3 #F8E5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#DE8CE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.03

#DE8CE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DE8CE9

9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE8CE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE8CE9	1.00	2.32	9.03	9.03
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#81A4EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97ADE6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E196B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de8ce9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 140, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.155 322.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eaaff0',
    500: '#de8ce9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de8ce9;
$custom-light: #eaaff0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de8ce9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 292.903,
    "s": 67.883,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75638,
    "c": 0.15527,
    "h": 322.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40169
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE8CE9

secondary

#DCF2D9

accent

#D0162C

background

#FEFAFE

surface

#FDF5FD

border

#D5CFD5

text

#161016

muted

#847F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE8CE9

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

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