#DE9DEB#DE9DEB

#DE9DEB is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.456; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.128 H 320.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE9DEB
RGB	rgb(222, 157, 235)
HSL	hsl(290, 66%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(290, 33%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.5%, 33.2%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.31, 37.11, -29.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.31, 47.54, 321.31°)
OKLab	oklab(78.47% 0.0992 -0.0811)
OKLCH	oklch(78.47% 0.128 320.7)
XYZ	xyz(57.1747, 45.6433, 84.3794)
Luminance	0.4564 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE9DEB #AAEB9D

analogous

#B79DEB #DE9DEB #EB9DD1

triadic

#DE9DEB #EBDE9D #9DEBDE

tetradic

#DE9DEB #EBB79D #AAEB9D #9DD1EB

square

#DE9DEB #EBB79D #AAEB9D #9DD1EB

split-complementary

#DE9DEB #D1EB9D #9DEBB7

monochromatic

#BC37D6 #CD6AE1 #DE9DEB #EFD0F5 #F6E6FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#DE9DEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.13

#DE9DEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DE9DEB

10.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE9DEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE9DEB	1.00	2.07	10.13	10.13
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94AFEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4B7E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E0A6BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de9deb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 157, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.128 320.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9bbf1',
    500: '#de9deb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de9deb;
$custom-light: #e9bbf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de9deb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290,
    "s": 66.102,
    "l": 76.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78473,
    "c": 0.12816,
    "h": 320.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.45642
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE9DEB

secondary

#DEF1DA

accent

#CE1836

background

#FEFBFE

surface

#FDF6FD

border

#D5D0D5

text

#161216

muted

#848184

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE9DEB

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

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