#DEB9EE#DEB9EE

#DEB9EE is a very light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.564; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.083 H 315.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEB9EE
RGB	rgb(222, 185, 238)
HSL	hsl(282, 61%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(282, 22%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.7%, 22.3%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.84, 22.62, -21.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.84, 31.11, 316.63°)
OKLab	oklab(83.5% 0.0591 -0.0579)
OKLCH	oklch(83.5% 0.083 315.6)
XYZ	xyz(62.9034, 56.4014, 88.4452)
Luminance	0.5640 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEB9EE #C9EEB9

analogous

#C3B9EE #DEB9EE #EEB9E3

triadic

#DEB9EE #EEDEB9 #B9EEDE

tetradic

#DEB9EE #EEC3B9 #C9EEB9 #B9E3EE

square

#DEB9EE #EEC3B9 #C9EEB9 #B9E3EE

split-complementary

#DEB9EE #E3EEB9 #B9EEC3

monochromatic

#B057D6 #C788E2 #DEB9EE #F3E6F9 #F3E6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#DEB9EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.28

#DEB9EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEB9EE

12.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEB9EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEB9EE	1.00	1.71	12.28	12.28
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2C4F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAC7EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DEBFCB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #deb9ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 185, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.083 315.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8cef3',
    500: '#deb9ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #deb9ee;
$custom-light: #e8cef3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#deb9ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.887,
    "s": 60.92,
    "l": 82.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83498,
    "c": 0.08269,
    "h": 315.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.56401
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEB9EE

secondary

#96CC7F

accent

#C91D51

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FCFBFE

border

#D5D4D6

text

#161317

muted

#848385

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEB9EE

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

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