#DEB9EA#DEB9EA

#DEB9EA is a very light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.562; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.078 H 317.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEB9EA
RGB	rgb(222, 185, 234)
HSL	hsl(285, 54%, 82%)
HSV	hsv(285, 21%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.1%, 20.9%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.71, 21.84, -19.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.71, 29.22, 318.36°)
OKLab	oklab(83.35% 0.0578 -0.0524)
OKLCH	oklch(83.35% 0.078 317.8)
XYZ	xyz(62.3223, 56.1690, 85.3845)
Luminance	0.5617 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEB9EA #C5EAB9

analogous

#C6B9EA #DEB9EA #EAB9DE

triadic

#DEB9EA #EADEB9 #B9EADE

tetradic

#DEB9EA #EAC6B9 #C5EAB9 #B9DEEA

square

#DEB9EA #EAC6B9 #C5EAB9 #B9DEEA

split-complementary

#DEB9EA #DEEAB9 #B9EAC6

monochromatic

#B25BCE #C88ADC #DEB9EA #F4E7F8 #F4E7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#DEB9EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.23

#DEB9EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEB9EA

12.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEB9EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEB9EA	1.00	1.72	12.23	12.23
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3C3EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBC7E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DEBECA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #deb9ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 185, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.078 317.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8cef0',
    500: '#deb9ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #deb9ea;
$custom-light: #e8cef0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#deb9ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.306,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 82.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83353,
    "c": 0.07807,
    "h": 317.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.56168
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEB9EA

secondary

#92C681

accent

#C1244B

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FCFBFE

border

#D5D4D6

text

#161316

muted

#848385

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEB9EA

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

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