#DEB8EF#DEB8EF

#DEB8EF is a very light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.560; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.086 H 315.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEB8EF
RGB	rgb(222, 184, 239)
HSL	hsl(281, 63%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(281, 23%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.1%, 23%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.64, 23.35, -22.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.64, 32.23, 316.43°)
OKLab	oklab(83.35% 0.0608 -0.0602)
OKLCH	oklch(83.35% 0.086 315.3)
XYZ	xyz(62.8423, 56.0434, 89.1516)
Luminance	0.5604 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEB8EF #C9EFB8

analogous

#C2B8EF #DEB8EF #EFB8E4

triadic

#DEB8EF #EFDEB8 #B8EFDE

tetradic

#DEB8EF #EFC2B8 #C9EFB8 #B8E4EF

square

#DEB8EF #EFC2B8 #C9EFB8 #B8E4EF

split-complementary

#DEB8EF #E4EFB8 #B8EFC2

monochromatic

#B054D8 #C786E4 #DEB8EF #F3E6F9 #F3E6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#DEB8EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.21

#DEB8EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEB8EF

12.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEB8EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEB8EF	1.00	1.72	12.21	12.21
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1C3F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9C6ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDBECB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #deb8ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 184, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.086 315.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8cdf4',
    500: '#deb8ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #deb8ef;
$custom-light: #e8cdf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#deb8ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.455,
    "s": 63.218,
    "l": 82.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83353,
    "c": 0.08559,
    "h": 315.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.56043
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEB8EF

secondary

#96CD7E

accent

#CB1B51

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FCFAFE

border

#D5D3D6

text

#161317

muted

#848385

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEB8EF

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

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