#DEB5DE#DEB5DE

#DEB5DE is a very light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.539; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.072 H 326.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEB5DE
RGB	rgb(222, 181, 222)
HSL	hsl(300, 38%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(300, 18%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.5%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.38, 21.72, -14.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.38, 26.37, 325.46°)
OKLab	oklab(82.2% 0.0599 -0.0401)
OKLCH	oklch(82.2% 0.072 326.2)
XYZ	xyz(59.8313, 53.8526, 76.3358)
Luminance	0.5385 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEB5DE #B5DEB5

analogous

#CAB5DE #DEB5DE #DEB5CA

triadic

#DEB5DE #DEDEB5 #B5DEDE

tetradic

#DEB5DE #DECAB5 #B5DEB5 #B5CADE

square

#DEB5DE #DECAB5 #B5DEB5 #B5CADE

split-complementary

#DEB5DE #CADEB5 #B5DECA

monochromatic

#B860B8 #CB8BCB #DEB5DE #F1DFF1 #F6EAF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#DEB5DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.77

#DEB5DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEB5DE

11.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEB5DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEB5DE	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)

#B2BFE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBC4DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E1B8C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #deb5de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 181, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.072 326.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8cbe8',
    500: '#deb5de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #deb5de;
$custom-light: #e8cbe8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#deb5de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 38.318,
    "l": 79.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82198,
    "c": 0.07208,
    "h": 326.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.53851
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEB5DE

secondary

#81B681

accent

#B13434

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FCFAFC

border

#D5D3D5

text

#161316

muted

#848384

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEB5DE

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

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