#DEB8DD#DEB8DD

#DEB8DD is a very light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.550; OKLCH L 82.7% C 0.066 H 327.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEB8DD
RGB	rgb(222, 184, 221)
HSL	hsl(302, 37%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(302, 17%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.1%, 0.5%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.06, 19.92, -13.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.06, 24.01, 326.10°)
OKLab	oklab(82.72% 0.0551 -0.0358)
OKLCH	oklch(82.72% 0.066 327)
XYZ	xyz(60.3143, 55.0323, 75.8376)
Luminance	0.5503 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEB8DD #B8DEB9

analogous

#CCB8DE #DEB8DD #DEB8CA

triadic

#DEB8DD #DDDEB8 #B8DDDE

tetradic

#DEB8DD #DECCB8 #B8DEB9 #B8CADE

square

#DEB8DD #DECCB8 #B8DEB9 #B8CADE

split-complementary

#DEB8DD #CADEB8 #B8DECC

monochromatic

#B764B5 #CB8EC9 #DEB8DD #F1E2F1 #F5EAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#DEB8DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.01

#DEB8DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEB8DD

12.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEB8DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEB8DD	1.00	1.75	12.01	12.01
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6C1DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEC5DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E1BBC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #deb8dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 184, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.7% 0.066 327.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8cde7',
    500: '#deb8dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #deb8dd;
$custom-light: #e8cde7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#deb8dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 301.579,
    "s": 36.538,
    "l": 79.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82716,
    "c": 0.06571,
    "h": 327
  },
  "luminance": 0.55031
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEB8DD

secondary

#84B685

accent

#AF3936

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FCFAFC

border

#D5D3D5

text

#161316

muted

#848384

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEB8DD

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

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