#DEB8DC#DEB8DC

#DEB8DC is a very light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.550; OKLCH L 82.7% C 0.065 H 327.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEB8DC
RGB	rgb(222, 184, 220)
HSL	hsl(303, 37%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(303, 17%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.1%, 0.9%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.03, 19.74, -12.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.03, 23.58, 326.85°)
OKLab	oklab(82.68% 0.0548 -0.0345)
OKLCH	oklch(82.68% 0.065 327.8)
XYZ	xyz(60.1815, 54.9791, 75.1380)
Luminance	0.5498 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEB8DC #B8DEBA

analogous

#CDB8DE #DEB8DC #DEB8C9

triadic

#DEB8DC #DCDEB8 #B8DCDE

tetradic

#DEB8DC #DECDB8 #B8DEBA #B8C9DE

square

#DEB8DC #DECDB8 #B8DEBA #B8C9DE

split-complementary

#DEB8DC #C9DEB8 #B8DECD

monochromatic

#B764B3 #CB8EC7 #DEB8DC #F1E2F1 #F5EAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#DEB8DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.00

#DEB8DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEB8DC

12.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEB8DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEB8DC	1.00	1.75	12.00	12.00
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6C1DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEC5DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E1BBC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #deb8dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 184, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.7% 0.065 327.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8cde6',
    500: '#deb8dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #deb8dc;
$custom-light: #e8cde6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#deb8dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 303.158,
    "s": 36.538,
    "l": 79.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82682,
    "c": 0.0647,
    "h": 327.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.54978
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEB8DC

secondary

#84B687

accent

#AF3C36

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FCFAFC

border

#D5D3D5

text

#161316

muted

#848384

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEB8DC

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

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