#DEB9EB#DEB9EB

#DEB9EB is a very light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.562; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.079 H 317.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEB9EB
RGB	rgb(222, 185, 235)
HSL	hsl(284, 56%, 82%)
HSV	hsv(284, 21%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.5%, 21.3%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.74, 22.03, -19.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.74, 29.69, 317.91°)
OKLab	oklab(83.39% 0.0581 -0.0538)
OKLCH	oklch(83.39% 0.079 317.2)
XYZ	xyz(62.4663, 56.2266, 86.1433)
Luminance	0.5623 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEB9EB #C6EBB9

analogous

#C5B9EB #DEB9EB #EBB9DF

triadic

#DEB9EB #EBDEB9 #B9EBDE

tetradic

#DEB9EB #EBC5B9 #C6EBB9 #B9DFEB

square

#DEB9EB #EBC5B9 #C6EBB9 #B9DFEB

split-complementary

#DEB9EB #DFEBB9 #B9EBC5

monochromatic

#B15AD0 #C889DD #DEB9EB #F4E7F8 #F4E7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#DEB9EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.25

#DEB9EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEB9EB

12.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEB9EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEB9EB	1.00	1.71	12.25	12.25
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3C3ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBC7E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DEBECA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #deb9eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 185, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.079 317.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8cef1',
    500: '#deb9eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #deb9eb;
$custom-light: #e8cef1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#deb9eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.4,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 82.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83389,
    "c": 0.07921,
    "h": 317.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.56226
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEB9EB

secondary

#93C781

accent

#C3224C

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FCFBFE

border

#D5D4D6

text

#161316

muted

#848385

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEB9EB

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

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