#DEB5DD#DEB5DD

#DEB5DD is a very light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.538; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.071 H 327.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEB5DD
RGB	rgb(222, 181, 221)
HSL	hsl(301, 38%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(301, 18%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.5%, 0.5%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.34, 21.54, -14.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.34, 25.94, 326.12°)
OKLab	oklab(82.16% 0.0596 -0.0387)
OKLCH	oklch(82.16% 0.071 327)
XYZ	xyz(59.6977, 53.7991, 75.6321)
Luminance	0.5380 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEB5DD #B5DEB6

analogous

#CBB5DE #DEB5DD #DEB5C9

triadic

#DEB5DD #DDDEB5 #B5DDDE

tetradic

#DEB5DD #DECBB5 #B5DEB6 #B5C9DE

square

#DEB5DD #DECBB5 #B5DEB6 #B5C9DE

split-complementary

#DEB5DD #C9DEB5 #B5DECB

monochromatic

#B860B6 #CB8BCA #DEB5DD #F1DFF0 #F6EAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#DEB5DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.76

#DEB5DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEB5DD

11.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEB5DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEB5DD	1.00	1.79	11.76	11.76
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3BFDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCC4DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E1B8C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #deb5dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 181, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.071 327.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8cbe7',
    500: '#deb5dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #deb5dd;
$custom-light: #e8cbe7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#deb5dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 301.463,
    "s": 38.318,
    "l": 79.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82163,
    "c": 0.07105,
    "h": 327
  },
  "luminance": 0.53798
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEB5DD

secondary

#81B682

accent

#B13734

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FCFAFC

border

#D5D3D5

text

#161316

muted

#848384

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEB5DD

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

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