#DE99EF#DE99EF

#DE99EF is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.139 H 319.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE99EF
RGB	rgb(222, 153, 239)
HSL	hsl(288, 73%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(288, 36%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.1%, 36%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.59, 40.02, -33.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.59, 51.87, 320.48°)
OKLab	oklab(77.98% 0.106 -0.0904)
OKLCH	oklch(77.98% 0.139 319.5)
XYZ	xyz(57.0934, 44.5457, 87.2353)
Luminance	0.4454 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE99EF #AAEF99

analogous

#B399EF #DE99EF #EF99D5

triadic

#DE99EF #EFDE99 #99EFDE

tetradic

#DE99EF #EFB399 #AAEF99 #99D5EF

square

#DE99EF #EFB399 #AAEF99 #99D5EF

split-complementary

#DE99EF #D5EF99 #99EFB3

monochromatic

#BC2FDE #CD64E7 #DE99EF #EFCEF7 #F6E5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#DE99EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.91

#DE99EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DE99EF

9.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE99EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE99EF	1.00	2.12	9.91	9.91
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8EADF2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FB5EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DFA3B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de99ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 153, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.139 319.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9b8f4',
    500: '#de99ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de99ef;
$custom-light: #e9b8f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de99ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.14,
    "s": 72.881,
    "l": 76.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77977,
    "c": 0.13933,
    "h": 319.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.44544
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE99EF

secondary

#DEF3D8

accent

#D51137

background

#FEFBFE

surface

#FDF6FD

border

#D5D0D5

text

#161117

muted

#848085

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE99EF

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

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