#DEB4E5#DEB4E5

#DEB4E5 is a very light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.538; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.081 H 321.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEB4E5
RGB	rgb(222, 180, 229)
HSL	hsl(291, 49%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(291, 21%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.1%, 21.4%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.36, 23.57, -18.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.36, 30.13, 321.49°)
OKLab	oklab(82.26% 0.0636 -0.0506)
OKLCH	oklch(82.26% 0.081 321.5)
XYZ	xyz(60.5864, 53.8304, 81.3122)
Luminance	0.5383 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEB4E5 #BBE5B4

analogous

#C6B4E5 #DEB4E5 #E5B4D3

triadic

#DEB4E5 #E5DEB4 #B4E5DE

tetradic

#DEB4E5 #E5C6B4 #BBE5B4 #B4D3E5

square

#DEB4E5 #E5C6B4 #BBE5B4 #B4D3E5

split-complementary

#DEB4E5 #D3E5B4 #B4E5C6

monochromatic

#B659C5 #CA87D5 #DEB4E5 #F2E1F5 #F5E8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#DEB4E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.77

#DEB4E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEB4E5

11.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEB4E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEB4E5	1.00	1.78	11.77	11.77
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFBFE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9C3E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E0B9C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #deb4e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 180, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.081 321.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8caed',
    500: '#deb4e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #deb4e5;
$custom-light: #e8caed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#deb4e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.429,
    "s": 48.515,
    "l": 80.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82262,
    "c": 0.08128,
    "h": 321.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.53829
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEB4E5

secondary

#87BF7E

accent

#BC2A3F

background

#FEFDFE

surface

#FCF9FD

border

#D5D2D5

text

#161316

muted

#848284

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEB4E5

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

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