#DE9CF9#DE9CF9

#DE9CF9 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.461; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.145 H 315.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE9CF9
RGB	rgb(222, 156, 249)
HSL	hsl(283, 89%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(283, 37%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.8%, 37.3%, 0%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.64, 40.40, -36.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.64, 54.66, 317.65°)
OKLab	oklab(78.9% 0.1039 -0.1013)
OKLCH	oklch(78.9% 0.145 315.7)
XYZ	xyz(59.1090, 46.1475, 95.3978)
Luminance	0.4615 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE9CF9 #B7F99C

analogous

#B09CF9 #DE9CF9 #F99CE5

triadic

#DE9CF9 #F9DE9C #9CF9DE

tetradic

#DE9CF9 #F9B09C #B7F99C #9CE5F9

square

#DE9CF9 #F9B09C #B7F99C #9CE5F9

split-complementary

#DE9CF9 #E5F99C #9CF9B0

monochromatic

#B829F2 #CB62F6 #DE9CF9 #F1D6FC #F5E2FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#DE9CF9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.23

#DE9CF9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DE9CF9

10.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE9CF9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE9CF9	1.00	2.05	10.23	10.23
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8DB1FC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DB7F6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDA8BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de9cf9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 156, 249);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.145 315.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9bafb',
    500: '#de9cf9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de9cf9;
$custom-light: #e9bafb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de9cf9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 249
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.581,
    "s": 88.571,
    "l": 79.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78901,
    "c": 0.14512,
    "h": 315.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.46146
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE9CF9

secondary

#DFF5D6

accent

#E50043

background

#FEFBFF

surface

#FDF6FF

border

#D5D0D7

text

#161217

muted

#848185

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE9CF9

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

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