#DEB4E7#DEB4E7

#DEB4E7 is a very light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.539; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.083 H 320.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEB4E7
RGB	rgb(222, 180, 231)
HSL	hsl(289, 52%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(289, 22%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.9%, 22.1%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.43, 23.96, -19.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.43, 31.04, 320.51°)
OKLab	oklab(82.33% 0.0643 -0.0533)
OKLCH	oklch(82.33% 0.083 320.3)
XYZ	xyz(60.8673, 53.9428, 82.7914)
Luminance	0.5394 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEB4E7 #BDE7B4

analogous

#C4B4E7 #DEB4E7 #E7B4D6

triadic

#DEB4E7 #E7DEB4 #B4E7DE

tetradic

#DEB4E7 #E7C4B4 #BDE7B4 #B4D6E7

square

#DEB4E7 #E7C4B4 #BDE7B4 #B4D6E7

split-complementary

#DEB4E7 #D6E7B4 #B4E7C4

monochromatic

#B557C9 #CA86D8 #DEB4E7 #F2E2F6 #F5E8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#DEB4E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.79

#DEB4E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEB4E7

11.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEB4E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEB4E7	1.00	1.78	11.79	11.79
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFBFE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8C4E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DFB9C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #deb4e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 180, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.083 320.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8caee',
    500: '#deb4e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #deb4e7;
$custom-light: #e8caee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#deb4e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.412,
    "s": 51.515,
    "l": 80.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82334,
    "c": 0.08348,
    "h": 320.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.53942
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEB4E7

secondary

#89C27D

accent

#BF2741

background

#FEFDFF

surface

#FCF9FE

border

#D5D2D6

text

#161316

muted

#848285

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEB4E7

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

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