#DEB9E9#DEB9E9

#DEB9E9 is a very light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.561; OKLCH L 83.3% C 0.077 H 318.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEB9E9
RGB	rgb(222, 185, 233)
HSL	hsl(286, 52%, 82%)
HSV	hsv(286, 21%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.7%, 20.6%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.68, 21.65, -18.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.68, 28.75, 318.84°)
OKLab	oklab(83.32% 0.0575 -0.0511)
OKLCH	oklch(83.32% 0.077 318.4)
XYZ	xyz(62.1790, 56.1117, 84.6301)
Luminance	0.5611 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEB9E9 #C4E9B9

analogous

#C6B9E9 #DEB9E9 #E9B9DC

triadic

#DEB9E9 #E9DEB9 #B9E9DE

tetradic

#DEB9E9 #E9C6B9 #C4E9B9 #B9DCE9

square

#DEB9E9 #E9C6B9 #C4E9B9 #B9DCE9

split-complementary

#DEB9E9 #DCE9B9 #B9E9C6

monochromatic

#B25CCC #C88ADA #DEB9E9 #F4E8F8 #F4E8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#DEB9E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.22

#DEB9E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEB9E9

12.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEB9E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEB9E9	1.00	1.72	12.22	12.22
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4C3EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCC7E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DFBEC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #deb9e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 185, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.3% 0.077 318.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8cef0',
    500: '#deb9e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #deb9e9;
$custom-light: #e8cef0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#deb9e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.25,
    "s": 52.174,
    "l": 81.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83317,
    "c": 0.07692,
    "h": 318.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.56111
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEB9E9

secondary

#91C582

accent

#C02649

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FCFBFE

border

#D5D4D6

text

#161316

muted

#848385

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEB9E9

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

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