#DE9CDC#DE9CDC

#DE9CDC is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.115 H 327.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE9CDC
RGB	rgb(222, 156, 220)
HSL	hsl(302, 50%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(302, 30%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.7%, 0.9%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.55, 34.82, -22.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.55, 41.56, 326.91°)
OKLab	oklab(77.71% 0.0967 -0.0613)
OKLCH	oklch(77.71% 0.115 327.6)
XYZ	xyz(54.9298, 44.4758, 73.3875)
Luminance	0.4447 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE9CDC #9CDE9E

analogous

#BF9CDE #DE9CDC #DE9CBB

triadic

#DE9CDC #DCDE9C #9CDCDE

tetradic

#DE9CDC #DEBF9C #9CDE9E #9CBBDE

square

#DE9CDC #DEBF9C #9CDE9E #9CBBDE

split-complementary

#DE9CDC #BBDE9C #9CDEBF

monochromatic

#BF40BC #CF6ECC #DE9CDC #EDCAEC #F7E8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#DE9CDC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.89

#DE9CDC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DE9CDC

9.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE9CDC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE9CDC	1.00	2.12	9.89	9.89
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98ADDE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8B5DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E2A1B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de9cdc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 156, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.115 327.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9bae7',
    500: '#de9cdc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de9cdc;
$custom-light: #e9bae7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de9cdc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 301.818,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77709,
    "c": 0.11454,
    "h": 327.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.44474
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE9CDC

secondary

#DDEEDD

accent

#BD2D28

background

#FEFBFE

surface

#FDF6FC

border

#D5D0D5

text

#161116

muted

#848084

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE9CDC

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

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