#DEB9EC#DEB9EC

#DEB9EC is a very light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.563; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.080 H 316.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEB9EC
RGB	rgb(222, 185, 236)
HSL	hsl(284, 57%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(284, 22%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.9%, 21.6%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.78, 22.23, -20.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.78, 30.16, 317.47°)
OKLab	oklab(83.43% 0.0585 -0.0551)
OKLCH	oklch(83.43% 0.08 316.7)
XYZ	xyz(62.6112, 56.2846, 86.9063)
Luminance	0.5628 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEB9EC #C7ECB9

analogous

#C4B9EC #DEB9EC #ECB9E1

triadic

#DEB9EC #ECDEB9 #B9ECDE

tetradic

#DEB9EC #ECC4B9 #C7ECB9 #B9E1EC

square

#DEB9EC #ECC4B9 #C7ECB9 #B9E1EC

split-complementary

#DEB9EC #E1ECB9 #B9ECC4

monochromatic

#B159D2 #C789DF #DEB9EC #F4E7F8 #F4E7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#DEB9EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.26

#DEB9EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEB9EC

12.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEB9EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEB9EC	1.00	1.71	12.26	12.26
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3C3EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBC7EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DEBFCA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #deb9ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 185, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.080 316.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8cef2',
    500: '#deb9ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #deb9ec;
$custom-light: #e8cef2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#deb9ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.529,
    "s": 57.303,
    "l": 82.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83425,
    "c": 0.08036,
    "h": 316.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.56284
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEB9EC

secondary

#94C980

accent

#C5214E

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FCFBFE

border

#D5D4D6

text

#161317

muted

#848385

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEB9EC

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

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