#DEB5DB#DEB5DB

#DEB5DB is a very light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.537; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.069 H 328.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEB5DB
RGB	rgb(222, 181, 219)
HSL	hsl(304, 38%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(304, 18%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.5%, 1.4%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.28, 21.17, -13.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.28, 25.10, 327.53°)
OKLab	oklab(82.1% 0.0589 -0.036)
OKLCH	oklch(82.1% 0.069 328.6)
XYZ	xyz(59.4328, 53.6932, 74.2371)
Luminance	0.5369 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEB5DB #B5DEB8

analogous

#CDB5DE #DEB5DB #DEB5C7

triadic

#DEB5DB #DBDEB5 #B5DBDE

tetradic

#DEB5DB #DECDB5 #B5DEB8 #B5C7DE

square

#DEB5DB #DECDB5 #B5DEB8 #B5C7DE

split-complementary

#DEB5DB #C7DEB5 #B5DECD

monochromatic

#B860B2 #CB8BC6 #DEB5DB #F1DFF0 #F6EAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#DEB5DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.74

#DEB5DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEB5DB

11.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEB5DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEB5DB	1.00	1.79	11.74	11.74
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3BEDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCC4DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E1B8C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #deb5db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 181, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.069 328.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8cbe6',
    500: '#deb5db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #deb5db;
$custom-light: #e8cbe6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#deb5db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 304.39,
    "s": 38.318,
    "l": 79.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82095,
    "c": 0.06905,
    "h": 328.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.53692
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEB5DB

secondary

#81B685

accent

#B13D34

background

#FEFDFE

surface

#FCF9FC

border

#D5D2D5

text

#161315

muted

#848284

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEB5DB

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

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