#DE99DE#DE99DE

#DE99DE is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.122 H 326.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE99DE
RGB	rgb(222, 153, 222)
HSL	hsl(300, 51%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(300, 31%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.1%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.95, 36.79, -24.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.95, 44.31, 326.13°)
OKLab	oklab(77.28% 0.1018 -0.0669)
OKLCH	oklch(77.28% 0.122 326.7)
XYZ	xyz(54.6990, 43.5880, 74.6251)
Luminance	0.4359 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE99DE #99DE99

analogous

#BB99DE #DE99DE #DE99BB

triadic

#DE99DE #DEDE99 #99DEDE

tetradic

#DE99DE #DEBB99 #99DE99 #99BBDE

square

#DE99DE #DEBB99 #99DE99 #99BBDE

split-complementary

#DE99DE #BBDE99 #99DEBB

monochromatic

#BF3EBF #CF6BCF #DE99DE #EDC7ED #F8E8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#DE99DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.72

#DE99DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DE99DE

9.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE99DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE99DE	1.00	2.16	9.72	9.72
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94ABE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5B3DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E29FB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de99de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 153, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.122 326.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9b8e8',
    500: '#de99de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de99de;
$custom-light: #e9b8e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de99de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 51.111,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77282,
    "c": 0.1218,
    "h": 326.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43586
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE99DE

secondary

#DCEFDC

accent

#BE2727

background

#FEFBFE

surface

#FDF6FC

border

#D5D0D5

text

#161116

muted

#848084

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE99DE

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

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