#DC8CED#DC8CED

#DC8CED is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.158 H 320.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC8CED
RGB	rgb(220, 140, 237)
HSL	hsl(289, 73%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(289, 41%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.2%, 40.9%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.53, 45.90, -36.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.53, 58.75, 321.37°)
OKLab	oklab(75.6% 0.122 -0.1008)
OKLCH	oklch(75.6% 0.158 320.4)
XYZ	xyz(54.1775, 40.0881, 84.9882)
Luminance	0.4009 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC8CED #9DED8C

analogous

#AC8CED #DC8CED #ED8CCD

triadic

#DC8CED #EDDC8C #8CEDDC

tetradic

#DC8CED #EDAC8C #9DED8C #8CCDED

square

#DC8CED #EDAC8C #9DED8C #8CCDED

split-complementary

#DC8CED #CDED8C #8CEDAC

monochromatic

#BC22DC #CC57E5 #DC8CED #ECC1F5 #F7E5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#DC8CED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.02

#DC8CED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DC8CED

9.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC8CED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC8CED	1.00	2.33	9.02	9.02
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7FA4F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94ADEA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE98B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc8ced;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 140, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.158 320.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8aff3',
    500: '#dc8ced',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc8ced;
$custom-light: #e8aff3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc8ced",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.485,
    "s": 72.932,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75599,
    "c": 0.15824,
    "h": 320.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40086
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC8CED

secondary

#DDF3D8

accent

#D51033

background

#FEFAFE

surface

#FDF5FD

border

#D5CFD5

text

#161017

muted

#847F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC8CED

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

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