#DE9CED#DE9CED

#DE9CED is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.454; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.132 H 320.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE9CED
RGB	rgb(222, 156, 237)
HSL	hsl(289, 69%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(289, 34%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.3%, 34.2%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.17, 38.03, -31.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.17, 49.08, 320.79°)
OKLab	oklab(78.39% 0.1012 -0.0848)
OKLCH	oklch(78.39% 0.132 320)
XYZ	xyz(57.2968, 45.4226, 85.8535)
Luminance	0.4542 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE9CED #ABED9C

analogous

#B69CED #DE9CED #ED9CD4

triadic

#DE9CED #EDDE9C #9CEDDE

tetradic

#DE9CED #EDB69C #ABED9C #9CD4ED

square

#DE9CED #EDB69C #ABED9C #9CD4ED

split-complementary

#DE9CED #D4ED9C #9CEDB6

monochromatic

#BB34DA #CD68E4 #DE9CED #EFD0F6 #F6E5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#DE9CED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.08

#DE9CED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DE9CED

10.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE9CED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE9CED	1.00	2.08	10.08	10.08
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92AFF0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2B6EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DFA5BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de9ced;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 156, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.132 320.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9baf3',
    500: '#de9ced',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de9ced;
$custom-light: #e9baf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de9ced",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.889,
    "s": 69.231,
    "l": 77.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78388,
    "c": 0.13202,
    "h": 320
  },
  "luminance": 0.45421
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE9CED

secondary

#DEF2D9

accent

#D11437

background

#FEFBFE

surface

#FDF6FD

border

#D5D0D5

text

#161217

muted

#848185

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE9CED

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

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