#DEB8EE#DEB8EE

#DEB8EE is a very light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.560; OKLCH L 83.3% C 0.084 H 315.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEB8EE
RGB	rgb(222, 184, 238)
HSL	hsl(282, 61%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(282, 23%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.7%, 22.7%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.61, 23.16, -21.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.61, 31.75, 316.83°)
OKLab	oklab(83.32% 0.0605 -0.0588)
OKLCH	oklch(83.32% 0.084 315.8)
XYZ	xyz(62.6949, 55.9845, 88.3757)
Luminance	0.5598 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEB8EE #C8EEB8

analogous

#C3B8EE #DEB8EE #EEB8E3

triadic

#DEB8EE #EEDEB8 #B8EEDE

tetradic

#DEB8EE #EEC3B8 #C8EEB8 #B8E3EE

square

#DEB8EE #EEC3B8 #C8EEB8 #B8E3EE

split-complementary

#DEB8EE #E3EEB8 #B8EEC3

monochromatic

#B055D6 #C787E2 #DEB8EE #F4E6F9 #F4E6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#DEB8EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.20

#DEB8EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEB8EE

12.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEB8EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEB8EE	1.00	1.72	12.20	12.20
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1C3F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9C6EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DEBECB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #deb8ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 184, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.3% 0.084 315.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8cdf3',
    500: '#deb8ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #deb8ee;
$custom-light: #e8cdf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#deb8ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.222,
    "s": 61.364,
    "l": 82.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83316,
    "c": 0.08442,
    "h": 315.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.55984
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEB8EE

secondary

#95CC7E

accent

#C91C50

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FCFAFE

border

#D5D3D6

text

#161317

muted

#848385

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEB8EE

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

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