#DE9AED#DE9AED

#DE9AED is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.135 H 320.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE9AED
RGB	rgb(222, 154, 237)
HSL	hsl(289, 70%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(289, 35%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.3%, 35%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.73, 39.09, -31.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.73, 50.33, 320.96°)
OKLab	oklab(78.06% 0.1041 -0.0867)
OKLCH	oklch(78.06% 0.135 320.2)
XYZ	xyz(56.9639, 44.7569, 85.7426)
Luminance	0.4476 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE9AED #A9ED9A

analogous

#B59AED #DE9AED #ED9AD3

triadic

#DE9AED #EDDE9A #9AEDDE

tetradic

#DE9AED #EDB59A #A9ED9A #9AD3ED

square

#DE9AED #EDB59A #A9ED9A #9AD3ED

split-complementary

#DE9AED #D3ED9A #9AEDB5

monochromatic

#BC32DA #CD66E4 #DE9AED #EFCEF6 #F7E5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#DE9AED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.95

#DE9AED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DE9AED

9.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE9AED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE9AED	1.00	2.11	9.95	9.95
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90AEF0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0B5EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DFA3B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de9aed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 154, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.135 320.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9b9f3',
    500: '#de9aed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de9aed;
$custom-light: #e9b9f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de9aed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.157,
    "s": 69.748,
    "l": 76.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78057,
    "c": 0.13547,
    "h": 320.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.44755
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE9AED

secondary

#DEF2D9

accent

#D21436

background

#FEFBFE

surface

#FDF6FD

border

#D5D0D5

text

#161117

muted

#848085

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE9AED

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

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