#DEB8EA#DEB8EA

#DEB8EA is a very light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.558; OKLCH L 83.2% C 0.080 H 318.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEB8EA
RGB	rgb(222, 184, 234)
HSL	hsl(286, 54%, 82%)
HSV	hsv(286, 21%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.1%, 21.4%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.47, 22.38, -19.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.47, 29.86, 318.53°)
OKLab	oklab(83.17% 0.0593 -0.0534)
OKLCH	oklch(83.17% 0.08 318)
XYZ	xyz(62.1138, 55.7521, 85.3150)
Luminance	0.5575 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEB8EA #C4EAB8

analogous

#C5B8EA #DEB8EA #EAB8DD

triadic

#DEB8EA #EADEB8 #B8EADE

tetradic

#DEB8EA #EAC5B8 #C4EAB8 #B8DDEA

square

#DEB8EA #EAC5B8 #C4EAB8 #B8DDEA

split-complementary

#DEB8EA #DDEAB8 #B8EAC5

monochromatic

#B25ACE #C889DC #DEB8EA #F4E7F8 #F4E7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#DEB8EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.15

#DEB8EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEB8EA

12.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEB8EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEB8EA	1.00	1.73	12.15	12.15
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2C2EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAC6E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DEBDC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #deb8ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 184, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.2% 0.080 318.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8cdf0',
    500: '#deb8ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #deb8ea;
$custom-light: #e8cdf0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#deb8ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.6,
    "s": 54.348,
    "l": 81.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8317,
    "c": 0.07981,
    "h": 318
  },
  "luminance": 0.55751
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEB8EA

secondary

#91C680

accent

#C2244A

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FCFAFE

border

#D5D3D6

text

#161316

muted

#848385

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEB8EA

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

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