#DE8EDD#DE8EDD

#DE8EDD is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.140 H 327.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE8EDD
RGB	rgb(222, 142, 221)
HSL	hsl(301, 55%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(301, 36%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36%, 0.5%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.54, 42.44, -27.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.54, 50.76, 326.74°)
OKLab	oklab(75.44% 0.1178 -0.0757)
OKLCH	oklch(75.44% 0.14 327.3)
XYZ	xyz(52.8473, 40.0983, 73.3486)
Luminance	0.4010 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE8EDD #8EDE8F

analogous

#B78EDE #DE8EDD #DE8EB5

triadic

#DE8EDD #DDDE8E #8EDDDE

tetradic

#DE8EDD #DEB78E #8EDE8F #8EB5DE

square

#DE8EDD #DEB78E #8EDE8F #8EB5DE

split-complementary

#DE8EDD #B5DE8E #8EDEB7

monochromatic

#BB37B9 #D05FCF #DE8EDD #ECBDEB #F8E7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#DE8EDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.02

#DE8EDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DE8EDD

9.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE8EDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE8EDD	1.00	2.33	9.02	9.02
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#88A3E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DAEDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E395AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de8edd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 142, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.140 327.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9b0e7',
    500: '#de8edd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de8edd;
$custom-light: #e9b0e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de8edd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300.75,
    "s": 54.795,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75445,
    "c": 0.14004,
    "h": 327.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40096
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE8EDD

secondary

#DAEEDA

accent

#C22523

background

#FEFBFE

surface

#FDF6FC

border

#D5D0D5

text

#161116

muted

#848084

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE8EDD

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

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