#DEB9E2#DEB9E2

#DEB9E2 is a very light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.557; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.069 H 323.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEB9E2
RGB	rgb(222, 185, 226)
HSL	hsl(294, 41%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(294, 18%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.8%, 18.1%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.45, 20.32, -15.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.45, 25.55, 322.67°)
OKLab	oklab(83.07% 0.0553 -0.0416)
OKLCH	oklch(83.07% 0.069 323)
XYZ	xyz(61.1988, 55.7196, 79.4678)
Luminance	0.5572 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEB9E2 #BDE2B9

analogous

#C9B9E2 #DEB9E2 #E2B9D1

triadic

#DEB9E2 #E2DEB9 #B9E2DE

tetradic

#DEB9E2 #E2C9B9 #BDE2B9 #B9D1E2

square

#DEB9E2 #E2C9B9 #BDE2B9 #B9D1E2

split-complementary

#DEB9E2 #D1E2B9 #B9E2C9

monochromatic

#B562BE #CA8ED0 #DEB9E2 #F2E4F4 #F5E9F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#DEB9E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.14

#DEB9E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEB9E2

12.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEB9E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEB9E2	1.00	1.73	12.14	12.14
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6C2E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEC6E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E0BDC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #deb9e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 185, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.069 323.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8ceeb',
    500: '#deb9e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #deb9e2;
$custom-light: #e8ceeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#deb9e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 294.146,
    "s": 41.414,
    "l": 80.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83071,
    "c": 0.06918,
    "h": 323
  },
  "luminance": 0.55719
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEB9E2

secondary

#89BB84

accent

#B4313E

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FCFBFD

border

#D5D4D5

text

#161316

muted

#848384

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEB9E2

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

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