#DEB8EB#DEB8EB

#DEB8EB is a very light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.558; OKLCH L 83.2% C 0.081 H 317.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEB8EB
RGB	rgb(222, 184, 235)
HSL	hsl(285, 56%, 82%)
HSV	hsv(285, 22%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.5%, 21.7%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.51, 22.57, -20.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.51, 30.33, 318.08°)
OKLab	oklab(83.21% 0.0596 -0.0548)
OKLCH	oklch(83.21% 0.081 317.4)
XYZ	xyz(62.2579, 55.8097, 86.0738)
Luminance	0.5581 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEB8EB #C5EBB8

analogous

#C5B8EB #DEB8EB #EBB8DF

triadic

#DEB8EB #EBDEB8 #B8EBDE

tetradic

#DEB8EB #EBC5B8 #C5EBB8 #B8DFEB

square

#DEB8EB #EBC5B8 #C5EBB8 #B8DFEB

split-complementary

#DEB8EB #DFEBB8 #B8EBC5

monochromatic

#B259D0 #C888DE #DEB8EB #F4E7F8 #F4E7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#DEB8EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.16

#DEB8EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEB8EB

12.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEB8EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEB8EB	1.00	1.73	12.16	12.16
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2C3ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAC6E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DEBDC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #deb8eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 184, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.2% 0.081 317.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8cdf1',
    500: '#deb8eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #deb8eb;
$custom-light: #e8cdf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#deb8eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.706,
    "s": 56.044,
    "l": 82.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83207,
    "c": 0.08096,
    "h": 317.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.55809
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEB8EB

secondary

#92C780

accent

#C4224B

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FCFAFE

border

#D5D3D6

text

#161316

muted

#848385

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEB8EB

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

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