#DEB4E8#DEB4E8

#DEB4E8 is a very light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.540; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.085 H 319.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEB4E8
RGB	rgb(222, 180, 232)
HSL	hsl(288, 53%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(288, 22%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.3%, 22.4%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.46, 24.15, -20.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.46, 31.50, 320.05°)
OKLab	oklab(82.37% 0.0646 -0.0547)
OKLCH	oklch(82.37% 0.085 319.7)
XYZ	xyz(61.0089, 53.9994, 83.5373)
Luminance	0.5400 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEB4E8 #BEE8B4

analogous

#C4B4E8 #DEB4E8 #E8B4D8

triadic

#DEB4E8 #E8DEB4 #B4E8DE

tetradic

#DEB4E8 #E8C4B4 #BEE8B4 #B4D8E8

square

#DEB4E8 #E8C4B4 #BEE8B4 #B4D8E8

split-complementary

#DEB4E8 #D8E8B4 #B4E8C4

monochromatic

#B556CB #C985DA #DEB4E8 #F3E3F6 #F5E8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#DEB4E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.80

#DEB4E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEB4E8

11.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEB4E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEB4E8	1.00	1.78	11.80	11.80
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFBFEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8C4E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DFB9C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #deb4e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 180, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.085 319.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8caef',
    500: '#deb4e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #deb4e8;
$custom-light: #e8caef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#deb4e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.462,
    "s": 53.061,
    "l": 80.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8237,
    "c": 0.08459,
    "h": 319.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.53998
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEB4E8

secondary

#8AC37D

accent

#C02543

background

#FEFDFF

surface

#FCF9FE

border

#D5D2D6

text

#161316

muted

#848285

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEB4E8

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

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