#DE9EDD#DE9EDD

#DE9EDD is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.452; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.112 H 327.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE9EDD
RGB	rgb(222, 158, 221)
HSL	hsl(301, 49%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(301, 29%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.8%, 0.5%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.03, 33.93, -22.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.03, 40.71, 326.44°)
OKLab	oklab(78.09% 0.094 -0.0608)
OKLCH	oklch(78.09% 0.112 327.1)
XYZ	xyz(55.4010, 45.2057, 74.1998)
Luminance	0.4520 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE9EDD #9EDE9F

analogous

#BF9EDE #DE9EDD #DE9EBD

triadic

#DE9EDD #DDDE9E #9EDDDE

tetradic

#DE9EDD #DEBF9E #9EDE9F #9EBDDE

square

#DE9EDD #DEBF9E #9EDE9F #9EBDDE

split-complementary

#DE9EDD #BDDE9E #9EDEBF

monochromatic

#BF43BD #CE70CD #DE9EDD #EECCED #F7E8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#DE9EDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.04

#DE9EDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DE9EDD

10.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE9EDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE9EDD	1.00	2.09	10.04	10.04
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AAEDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9B6DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E2A3B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de9edd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 158, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.112 327.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9bbe7',
    500: '#de9edd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de9edd;
$custom-light: #e9bbe7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de9edd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300.938,
    "s": 49.231,
    "l": 74.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78087,
    "c": 0.11199,
    "h": 327.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.45204
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE9EDD

secondary

#DDEEDD

accent

#BD2B29

background

#FEFBFE

surface

#FDF6FC

border

#D5D0D5

text

#161216

muted

#848184

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE9EDD

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

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