#DC9CD5#DC9CD5

#DC9CD5 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.106 H 330.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC9CD5
RGB	rgb(220, 156, 213)
HSL	hsl(307, 48%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(307, 29%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.1%, 3.2%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.09, 32.90, -19.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.09, 38.27, 329.27°)
OKLab	oklab(77.24% 0.0925 -0.0526)
OKLCH	oklch(77.24% 0.106 330.4)
XYZ	xyz(53.4130, 43.7986, 68.5783)
Luminance	0.4380 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC9CD5 #9CDCA3

analogous

#C39CDC #DC9CD5 #DC9CB5

triadic

#DC9CD5 #D5DC9C #9CD5DC

tetradic

#DC9CD5 #DCC39C #9CDCA3 #9CB5DC

square

#DC9CD5 #DCC39C #9CDCA3 #9CB5DC

split-complementary

#DC9CD5 #B5DC9C #9CDCC3

monochromatic

#BB42AE #CC6FC2 #DC9CD5 #ECC9E8 #F7E8F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#DC9CD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.76

#DC9CD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DC9CD5

9.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC9CD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC9CD5	1.00	2.15	9.76	9.76
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AABD7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9B4D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E1A0B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc9cd5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 156, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.106 330.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7bae2',
    500: '#dc9cd5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc9cd5;
$custom-light: #e7bae2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc9cd5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 306.563,
    "s": 47.761,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77238,
    "c": 0.1064,
    "h": 330.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43797
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC9CD5

secondary

#DDEEDF

accent

#BB3A2A

background

#FEFBFD

surface

#FCF6FB

border

#D5D0D4

text

#161115

muted

#848083

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC9CD5

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

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