Color specimenNo. 14202110

#D8B4FE

Vivid Very Light Violet

A deterministic reference card for #D8B4FE. Every value, scheme, and snippet below is computed from the hex — no database, no guesswork.

RGB
216, 180, 254
HSL
269°, 97%, 85%
Text
Black on top

Tailwind CSS · purple

tailwind · purple 300

The Tailwind CSS utility classes bg-purple-300, text-purple-300, and friends all reference this hex value.

Scale context · purple

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Class name
purple-300
Hex
#D8B4FE
Closest CSS named color
thistle
Full color breakdown
/color/d8b4fe

Developer snippets

Copy-ready code

Every snippet below is generated from the hex — not a hand-maintained table.

Conversions

Same color, seven encodings

Nearest matches

Closest in other design systems

Accessibility

Contrast against white & black

On white

The quick brown fox

Jumps over the lazy dog. Testing readability of #D8B4FE as the text color.

1.77:1
AA failAAA failLarge fail

Rating · Fail

On black

The quick brown fox

Jumps over the lazy dog. Testing readability of #D8B4FE as the text color.

11.88:1
AA passAAA passLarge pass

Rating · AAA

Recommendation

When using #D8B4FE as a background, pair it with #000000 text for the best WCAG contrast.

Contrast ratios only — one part of WCAG 2.1. Not a certification of accessibility or legal compliance.

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