#DEB9EF#DEB9EF

#DEB9EF is a very light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.565; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.084 H 315.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEB9EF
RGB	rgb(222, 185, 239)
HSL	hsl(281, 63%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(281, 23%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.1%, 22.6%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.88, 22.81, -21.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.88, 31.59, 316.23°)
OKLab	oklab(83.54% 0.0594 -0.0592)
OKLCH	oklch(83.54% 0.084 315.1)
XYZ	xyz(63.0507, 56.4604, 89.2210)
Luminance	0.5646 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEB9EF #CAEFB9

analogous

#C3B9EF #DEB9EF #EFB9E5

triadic

#DEB9EF #EFDEB9 #B9EFDE

tetradic

#DEB9EF #EFC3B9 #CAEFB9 #B9E5EF

square

#DEB9EF #EFC3B9 #CAEFB9 #B9E5EF

split-complementary

#DEB9EF #E5EFB9 #B9EFC3

monochromatic

#AF55D8 #C787E4 #DEB9EF #F3E6F9 #F3E6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#DEB9EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.29

#DEB9EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEB9EF

12.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEB9EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEB9EF	1.00	1.71	12.29	12.29
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2C4F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAC7ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDBFCC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #deb9ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 185, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.084 315.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8cef4',
    500: '#deb9ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #deb9ef;
$custom-light: #e8cef4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#deb9ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.111,
    "s": 62.791,
    "l": 83.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83535,
    "c": 0.08386,
    "h": 315.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.5646
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEB9EF

secondary

#98CD7F

accent

#CB1B52

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FCFBFE

border

#D5D4D6

text

#161317

muted

#848385

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEB9EF

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

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