#D8CAE2#D8CAE2

#D8CAE2 is a very light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.623; OKLCH L 85.8% C 0.036 H 311.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8CAE2
RGB	rgb(216, 202, 226)
HSL	hsl(275, 29%, 84%)
HSV	hsv(275, 11%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.4%, 10.6%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.09, 9.22, -10.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.09, 13.68, 312.37°)
OKLab	oklab(85.77% 0.0238 -0.027)
OKLCH	oklch(85.77% 0.036 311.4)
XYZ	xyz(63.1646, 62.3313, 80.6403)
Luminance	0.6233 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8CAE2 #D4E2CA

analogous

#CCCAE2 #D8CAE2 #E2CAE0

triadic

#D8CAE2 #E2D8CA #CAE2D8

tetradic

#D8CAE2 #E2CCCA #D4E2CA #CAE0E2

square

#D8CAE2 #E2CCCA #D4E2CA #CAE0E2

split-complementary

#D8CAE2 #E0E2CA #CAE2CC

monochromatic

#9E7BB7 #BBA2CC #D8CAE2 #F0EBF4 #F0EBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#D8CAE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.47

#D8CAE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8CAE2

13.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8CAE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8CAE2	1.00	1.56	13.47	13.47
#FFFFFF	1.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7CEE3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9CFE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7CDD2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8cae2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 202, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.8% 0.036 311.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e4daeb',
    500: '#d8cae2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8cae2;
$custom-light: #e4daeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8cae2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275,
    "s": 29.268,
    "l": 83.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8577,
    "c": 0.03604,
    "h": 311.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.62331
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8CAE2

secondary

#A5BA96

accent

#A83E6A

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FCFBFD

border

#D5D4D5

text

#151416

muted

#848384

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8CAE2

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

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