#DE8CED#DE8CED

#DE8CED is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.159 H 321.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE8CED
RGB	rgb(222, 140, 237)
HSL	hsl(291, 73%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(291, 41%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.3%, 40.9%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.75, 46.48, -36.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.75, 58.99, 322.00°)
OKLab	oklab(75.82% 0.1242 -0.0997)
OKLCH	oklch(75.82% 0.159 321.2)
XYZ	xyz(54.7865, 40.4021, 85.0168)
Luminance	0.4040 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE8CED #9BED8C

analogous

#AE8CED #DE8CED #ED8CCC

triadic

#DE8CED #EDDE8C #8CEDDE

tetradic

#DE8CED #EDAE8C #9BED8C #8CCCED

square

#DE8CED #EDAE8C #9BED8C #8CCCED

split-complementary

#DE8CED #CCED8C #8CEDAE

monochromatic

#BF22DC #CF57E5 #DE8CED #EDC1F5 #F7E5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#DE8CED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.08

#DE8CED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DE8CED

9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE8CED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE8CED	1.00	2.31	9.08	9.08
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7FA5F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95AEEA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E098B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de8ced;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 140, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.159 321.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eaaff3',
    500: '#de8ced',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de8ced;
$custom-light: #eaaff3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de8ced",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.722,
    "s": 72.932,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75815,
    "c": 0.15932,
    "h": 321.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.404
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE8CED

secondary

#DDF3D8

accent

#D5102F

background

#FEFAFE

surface

#FDF5FD

border

#D5CFD5

text

#161017

muted

#847F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE8CED

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

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