#DEB5EE#DEB5EE

#DEB5EE is a very light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.547; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.090 H 316.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEB5EE
RGB	rgb(222, 181, 238)
HSL	hsl(283, 63%, 82%)
HSV	hsv(283, 24%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.7%, 23.9%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.90, 24.77, -22.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.90, 33.67, 317.37°)
OKLab	oklab(82.77% 0.0649 -0.0618)
OKLCH	oklch(82.77% 0.09 316.4)
XYZ	xyz(62.0784, 54.7514, 88.1702)
Luminance	0.5475 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEB5EE #C5EEB5

analogous

#C2B5EE #DEB5EE #EEB5E2

triadic

#DEB5EE #EEDEB5 #B5EEDE

tetradic

#DEB5EE #EEC2B5 #C5EEB5 #B5E2EE

square

#DEB5EE #EEC2B5 #C5EEB5 #B5E2EE

split-complementary

#DEB5EE #E2EEB5 #B5EEC2

monochromatic

#B251D7 #C883E3 #DEB5EE #F4E6F9 #F4E6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#DEB5EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.95

#DEB5EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEB5EE

11.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEB5EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEB5EE	1.00	1.76	11.95	11.95
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEC1F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7C5EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DEBBC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #deb5ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 181, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.090 316.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8cbf3',
    500: '#deb5ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #deb5ee;
$custom-light: #e8cbf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#deb5ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.158,
    "s": 62.637,
    "l": 82.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82772,
    "c": 0.08965,
    "h": 316.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.5475
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEB5EE

secondary

#92CC7C

accent

#CA1B4C

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FDFAFE

border

#D5D3D6

text

#161317

muted

#848385

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEB5EE

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

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