#DEB9DB#DEB9DB

#DEB9DB is a very light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.553; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.062 H 328.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEB9DB
RGB	rgb(222, 185, 219)
HSL	hsl(305, 36%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(305, 17%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.7%, 1.4%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.24, 19.02, -12.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.24, 22.51, 327.66°)
OKLab	oklab(82.83% 0.0529 -0.0321)
OKLCH	oklch(82.83% 0.062 328.7)
XYZ	xyz(60.2579, 55.3432, 74.5121)
Luminance	0.5534 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEB9DB #B9DEBC

analogous

#CFB9DE #DEB9DB #DEB9C9

triadic

#DEB9DB #DBDEB9 #B9DBDE

tetradic

#DEB9DB #DECFB9 #B9DEBC #B9C9DE

square

#DEB9DB #DECFB9 #B9DEBC #B9C9DE

split-complementary

#DEB9DB #C9DEB9 #B9DECF

monochromatic

#B766B0 #CA8FC6 #DEB9DB #F2E3F0 #F5EAF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#DEB9DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.07

#DEB9DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEB9DB

12.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEB9DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEB9DB	1.00	1.74	12.07	12.07
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8C1DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0C6DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E1BBC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #deb9db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 185, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.062 328.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8cee6',
    500: '#deb9db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #deb9db;
$custom-light: #e8cee6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#deb9db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 304.865,
    "s": 35.922,
    "l": 79.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82834,
    "c": 0.06192,
    "h": 328.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.55342
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEB9DB

secondary

#85B689

accent

#AF4037

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FCFBFC

border

#D5D4D5

text

#161315

muted

#848384

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEB9DB

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

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