#DE8EDE#DE8EDE

#DE8EDE is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.141 H 326.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE8EDE
RGB	rgb(222, 142, 222)
HSL	hsl(300, 55%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(300, 36%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.58, 42.63, -28.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.58, 51.18, 326.39°)
OKLab	oklab(75.49% 0.1181 -0.0771)
OKLCH	oklch(75.49% 0.141 326.9)
XYZ	xyz(52.9809, 40.1517, 74.0524)
Luminance	0.4015 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE8EDE #8EDE8E

analogous

#B68EDE #DE8EDE #DE8EB6

triadic

#DE8EDE #DEDE8E #8EDEDE

tetradic

#DE8EDE #DEB68E #8EDE8E #8EB6DE

square

#DE8EDE #DEB68E #8EDE8E #8EB6DE

split-complementary

#DE8EDE #B6DE8E #8EDEB6

monochromatic

#BB37BB #D05FD0 #DE8EDE #ECBDEC #F8E7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#DE8EDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.03

#DE8EDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DE8EDE

9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE8EDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE8EDE	1.00	2.33	9.03	9.03
#FFFFFF	2.33	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)

#88A4E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CAEDB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E395AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de8ede;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 142, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.141 326.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9b0e8',
    500: '#de8ede',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de8ede;
$custom-light: #e9b0e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de8ede",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 54.795,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75486,
    "c": 0.14099,
    "h": 326.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.4015
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE8EDE

secondary

#DAEEDA

accent

#C22323

background

#FEFBFE

surface

#FDF6FC

border

#D5D0D5

text

#161116

muted

#848084

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE8EDE

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

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