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#da98eb

a light, vivid violet · neutral · closest name: Plum

Token name suggestion: Meadow Iris

RGB
218, 152, 235
HSL
288°, 68%, 76%
CMYK
7, 35, 0, 8
Luminance
0.4336

#da98eb is a light vivid violet, 288° on the wheel and 57/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (9.67:1). As text it scores 2.17:1 on white — use #B83AD9 instead. Nearest name is Plum, nearest Tailwind family is fuchsia.

hsl(288 68% 76%)rgb(218 152 235)Base step 300AAA inkNeutral

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #da98eb is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#da98eb
Hue
288°
violet
Saturation
68%
vivid
Lightness
76%
light
Brightness
92%
HSV value
Perceived
72%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.4336
WCAG relative
Temperature
Neutral
57/100 cool
Color family
Violet
Tone
Vivid
Best ink
Black
9.67:1
Closest name
Plum
ΔE2000 4.6
Chroma
50.1
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.772
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
fuchsia
500 · ΔE 16
Web-safe
#CC99FF
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue288° of 360°
Saturation68%
Lightness76%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #da98eb.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool57% cool

Reads neutral. Warm and cool siblings keep the same lightness, so you can swap one in without redoing your contrast maths.

Luminance by channel
Red34%
Green52%
Blue14%

Green carries most of what the eye calls brightness — that is why WCAG weights it 0.7152.

Every format

HEX#da98eb
HEX (8-digit)#da98ebff
RGBrgb(218, 152, 235)
RGBArgba(218, 152, 235, 1)
HSLhsl(288, 68%, 76%)
HSV / HSBhsv(288, 35%, 92%)
HWBhwb(288 60% 8%)
CMYKcmyk(7%, 35%, 0%, 8%)
LABlab(71.8 38.5 -32.1)
LCHlch(71.8 50.1 320.2)
OKLCHoklch(0.772 0.135 319.3)
XYZ (D65)xyz(55.14, 43.36, 84.05)
Decimal14325995
Display P3color(display-p3 0.855 0.596 0.922)
Web-safe#CC99FF

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #da98eb;
background-color: #da98eb;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #da98eb;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#da98eb] bg-[#da98eb]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #da98eb;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.855, green: 0.596, blue: 0.922)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.855, green: 0.596, blue: 0.922, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#DA98EB</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFDA98EB)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFDA98EB)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(235, 152, 218)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(218, 152, 235)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(218, 152, 235)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 218, 152, 235)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.8549f, 0.5961f, 0.9216f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{218,152,235}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #da98eb 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #da98eb 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#59156B, #E9D3EE);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #da98eb h s calc(l - 7));

Design tokens

The same ramp in the four formats a team actually needs. Paste one and the whole palette lands with it.

css custom propertiesclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: #FAF3FB;
  --brand-100: #F4E8F8;
  --brand-200: #E9CAF2;
  --brand-300: #da98eb;
  --brand-400: #CC72E4;
  --brand-500: #BB43DB;
  --brand-600: #AB28CD;
  --brand-700: #8F21AB;
  --brand-800: #721B89;
  --brand-900: #541763;
  --brand-950: #340E3E;
  --brand: #da98eb;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #F9F4FA;
  --brand-border: #E3C0ED;
  --brand-hover: #CF7AE5;
  --brand-pressed: #C55CDF;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #211424;
    --brand-ink: #E9D3EE;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#FAF3FB',
        100: '#F4E8F8',
        200: '#E9CAF2',
        300: '#da98eb',
        400: '#CC72E4',
        500: '#BB43DB',
        600: '#AB28CD',
        700: '#8F21AB',
        800: '#721B89',
        900: '#541763',
        950: '#340E3E',
        DEFAULT: '#da98eb',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #FAF3FB,
  '100': #F4E8F8,
  '200': #E9CAF2,
  '300': #da98eb,
  '400': #CC72E4,
  '500': #BB43DB,
  '600': #AB28CD,
  '700': #8F21AB,
  '800': #721B89,
  '900': #541763,
  '950': #340E3E,
);
$brand-base: #da98eb;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#FAF3FB", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#F4E8F8", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#E9CAF2", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#da98eb", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#CC72E4", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#BB43DB", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#AB28CD", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#8F21AB", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#721B89", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#541763", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#340E3E", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$value": "#000000", "$type": "color" }
  }
}

Best text color

Only one of black and white can be right. This is the one, with the number that proves it.

Readable at a glance#000000 on #da98eb · 9.67:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 2.17:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 9.67:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #da98eb as text scores 2.17:1 on white and 9.67:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #59156B at 5.54:1.

Make it accessible

A contrast checker tells you that you failed. This tells you what to ship instead — same hue, same saturation, lightness moved only as far as WCAG demands.

The quick fox
#B83AD9 · 4.52:1
AA on white−22% L
#B83AD9
The quick fox
#8E21AA · 7.12:1
AAA on white−36% L
#8E21AA
The quick fox
#da98eb · 9.67:1
AA on blackalready passes
#da98eb
The quick fox
#da98eb · 9.67:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#da98eb

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #CB6DE3 is enough for headings on white. Non-text elements such as icons, chart strokes and focus rings also sit at 3:1 under WCAG 2.2 (1.4.11).

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#da98eb on white: 2.17:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#da98eb on black: 9.67:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #da98eb as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #da98eb.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White2.17:1AaAa
Slate 502.08:1AaAa
Slate 1001.98:1AaAa
Slate 2001.76:1AaAa
Slate 3001.46:1AaAa
Slate 4001.18:1AaAa
Slate 5002.19:1AaAa
Slate 6003.49:1AaAa
Slate 7004.77:1AaAa
Slate 8006.74:1AaAa
Slate 9008.22:1AaAa
Black9.67:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #8DABEE
deuteranopia · #9DB2E8
tritanopia · #DBA2B7

Roughly one man in twelve has some form of colour vision deficiency. If any of the three panels above is hard to tell apart from a neighbouring colour in your palette, add a shape, an icon or a label so the meaning does not rest on hue alone.

Color scale — 50 to 950

A Tailwind-shaped ramp built around this exact hex. #da98eb is pinned to step 300; the rest hold its hue and let saturation ease off at the extremes so the pale end never turns neon.

#FAF3FB
#F4E8F8
#E9CAF2
#da98eb
#CC72E4
#BB43DB
#AB28CD
#8F21AB
#721B89
#541763
#340E3E
Base = 300Lightest = 50 · #FAF3FBDarkest = 950 · #340E3EText step on white = 600
Perceptual ramp — OKLCH

The same eleven steps expressed in OKLCH, where equal lightness numbers actually look equally spaced. HSL ramps go muddy in the yellows and washed out in the blues; this one does not. Modern browsers render it natively — the hex ramp above is the fallback.

50100200300400500600700800900950
oklch tokensclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: oklch(0.97 0.034 319.3);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.054 319.3);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.081 319.3);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.105 319.3);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.124 319.3);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.135 319.3);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.135 319.3);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.127 319.3);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.113 319.3);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.094 319.3);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.074 319.3);
}

Colors that work with #da98eb

Not a palette — a role sheet. Each swatch answers one question you will hit while building the component.

Text on it#000000
Black wins here
Surface#F9F4FA
Tinted page background
Border#E3C0ED
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#8A4B9B
Captions on the surface
Accent#60AE1E
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#59156B
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#F7EAFB
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#211424
Dark-mode background
Hover#CF7AE5
One step down in lightness
Pressed#C55CDF
Two steps down
Disabled#F6F3F7
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#E3A4F3
Offset from the fill so it reads
Light mode
Everything in its place

Surface, border, heading and body all derive from this one hue, so the screen stays coherent without a second palette.

Primary actionSecondaryBadge
Dark mode
Same hue, inverted

Lightness flips, hue holds. The accent stays the anchor in both themes.

Primary actionSecondaryAccent

In real components

The same eight roles, wired into the interface patterns you will actually build with them. Every state below is a computed value, not a mock-up.

Buttons and states
Save changesHoverPressedDisabled
OutlineSubtleLinkFocused
Form field
you@company.com

Focus ring uses the light variant so the field still reads as one shape.

Send me product updates
Notice
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NewBetaDraft
Data
Storage used68%
Acme LtdActive
NorthwindTrial
GlobexActive

How to use #da98eb

Derived from its contrast, chroma and lightness — not from taste.

Works well for
  • Text and icons on dark surfaces
  • Primary buttons and calls to action
  • Focus rings, active and selected states
  • Card and section backgrounds
  • Brand accents, badges and data highlights
Use with care
  • Text of any size on white — fails WCAG AA
  • Full-page backgrounds — tiring over long sessions
  • White text placed on it
  • Pairing with a same-lightness hue — edges vibrate
Minimum size as text on white
Not as text
Safe as a fill behind white type
No — use #59156B
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #CB6DE3

Meaning and mood

What a colour in this family tends to signal, and how this particular chroma and lightness change the reading.

creativepremiummodernimaginative

Violet sits between the warmth of red and the calm of blue, so it reads as inventive without reading as risky. Current shorthand for software craft.

This is a confident chroma: strong enough to lead a brand, restrained enough to live in an interface all day. The lightness keeps it airy and approachable.

Worth knowing

Deep violets swallow detail on screens with poor gamma; check it on a cheap laptop panel.

Reads as
  • FormalityMedium
  • EnergyMedium-high
  • Weight24/100
  • TemperatureNeutral
  • ApproachabilityBalanced

Colour associations are cultural and vary by market. Treat these as a starting point for a conversation with your audience, not a finding about them.

Similar colors

One move away from this hex in each direction. Every swatch is its own page.

Color relationships

The wheel positions with their names attached, so you can grab the one you actually need.

Complementary#A9EB98
Analogous left#B198EB
Analogous right#EB98D3
Split-complement 1#D3EB98
Split-complement 2#98EBB1
Triadic 1#EBDA98
Triadic 2#98EBDA
Tetradic#EBB198
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°288°

#da98eb sits at 288°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red85.5%
Green59.6%
Blue92.2%
R · 0–255
218
0xda
G · 0–255
152
0x98
B · 0–255
235
0xeb

CMYK percentages

Cyan7.2%
Magenta35.3%
Yellow0.0%
Key (black)7.8%

Total ink coverage is 50%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#da98eb text on a black background

contrast 9.67:1

Card sample

#da98eb text on a white background

contrast 2.17:1

Card sample

#da98eb on grey

1.98:1

#da98eb on its own surface

2.00:1

#da98eb on its dark surface

8.13:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #da98eb;
Background color
Panel with #da98eb background
background-color: #da98eb;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #da98eb;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(218, 152, 235, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(218, 152, 235, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #da98eb;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #da98eb, #EB98C5);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #da98eb, #EB98B0);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #da98eb;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #da98eb;
caret-color: #da98eb;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #da98eb;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #F7EAFB;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #da98eb;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#da98eb 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #da98eb over white; the bottom row is the same alpha over a checkerboard, so you can see what survives on a photo or a video.

Bottom row of hexes is the flattened result over white — use those when a design tool refuses transparency, or when you need a solid fallback.

alpha in every syntaxclick to select
rgba(218, 152, 235, 0.5)
rgb(218 152 235 / 50%)
#da98eb80
hsl(288 68% 76% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #da98eb 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#da98eb1a#FBF5FD
20%#da98eb33#F8EAFB
40%#da98eb66#F0D6F7
60%#da98eb99#E9C1F3
80%#da98ebcc#E1ADEF

Gradients from #da98eb

Six recipes, each built from this hex and shown with the exact CSS that produced it.

Elevation
Same hue, three lightnesses — safe anywhere
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ECCBF5, #da98eb 45%, #59156B);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #da98eb, #E67EAE);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #da98eb, #A9EB98);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #F6E5FA 0%, #da98eb 45%, #59156B 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #F9F4FA, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #CDC3F3 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #F0B2D8 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #59156B 0%, transparent 65%), #da98eb;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #da98eb

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Tones — desaturated

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Ranked with CIEDE2000 across all 139 CSS keywords. Under ΔE 2 the eye stops telling them apart; over ΔE 10 they are plainly different colors.

#da98eb in the real world

Where a color in this family tends to land, and the interface roles it is usually asked to play.

Industries
Creative toolsFintechBeautyLuxury
Common UI roles
SurfacesBadgesHighlightsEmpty states
Print note

Converts to four-color process without much drama. Proof it anyway.

On screens

Holds up across typical panel gamma. Still worth checking on an uncalibrated laptop, where mid-tones shift most.

In dark mode

Usable as-is on a dark surface at 9.67:1.

Explore nearby colors

Small, deliberate steps away from this hex — useful when you are hunting for the version of a colour that finally feels right.

#da98eb, answered

What color is #da98eb?

#da98eb is a light vivid violet, closest to Plum (ΔE2000 4.6). It sits at 288° on the hue wheel with 68% saturation and 76% lightness, which reads as neutral.

What is the RGB value of #da98eb?

rgb(218, 152, 235) — 218 red, 152 green and 235 blue out of 255, or 85.5% / 59.6% / 92.2% by channel.

What is #da98eb in HSL and HSV?

hsl(288, 68%, 76%) and hsv(288, 35%, 92%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #da98eb a light or a dark color?

It is a mid-tone. Relative luminance is 0.4336 and perceived brightness is 72%, so black text on it reaches 9.67:1.

Should I use black or white text on #da98eb?

Black. It scores 9.67:1 against #da98eb, versus 2.17:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #da98eb accessible on a white background?

#da98eb on white scores 2.17:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #B83AD9 to reach 4.5:1, or #8E21AA for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #da98eb?

#A9EB98 sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #D3EB98 and #98EBB1, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #da98eb?

For interface work: #F9F4FA as the surface, #E3C0ED for borders, #8A4B9B for secondary text, #60AE1E as an accent and #59156B for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #B198EB and #EB98D3 stays calm, while #A9EB98 is the loudest partner.

What is #da98eb in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(7%, 35%, 0%, 8%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #da98eb warm or cool?

Neutral — it scores 57 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #EB98DE; nudged cooler, #BB97EC.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #da98eb?

The fuchsia family — its 500 step is #d946ef, ΔE2000 16 away. That is a visible difference, so define #da98eb as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #da98eb in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#da98eb] or text-[#da98eb], or register the whole ramp under theme.extend.colors.brand so you get bg-brand-500 and friends. The generated 50–950 scale on this page is ready to paste into your config.

What is #da98eb with 50% opacity?

rgba(218, 152, 235, 0.5), or #da98eb80 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #EDCCF5; over black, #6D4C76.

Is #da98eb a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #CC99FF, ΔE2000 5.7 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #da98eb mean?

As a violet, it reads creative, premium, modern. Violet sits between the warmth of red and the calm of blue, so it reads as inventive without reading as risky. Current shorthand for software craft. At this chroma the effect is amplified — it will dominate whatever sits beside it.

What gradient works with #da98eb?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #ECCBF5, #da98eb 45%, #59156B). For more colour, a short hue run to #E67EAE keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #da98eb in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #da98eb at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.