#DC9CD8#DC9CD8

#DC9CD8 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.109 H 328.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC9CD8
RGB	rgb(220, 156, 216)
HSL	hsl(304, 48%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(304, 29%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.1%, 1.8%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.20, 33.44, -21.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.20, 39.51, 327.82°)
OKLab	oklab(77.35% 0.0934 -0.0568)
OKLCH	oklch(77.35% 0.109 328.7)
XYZ	xyz(53.7973, 43.9524, 70.6023)
Luminance	0.4395 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC9CD8 #9CDCA0

analogous

#C09CDC #DC9CD8 #DC9CB8

triadic

#DC9CD8 #D8DC9C #9CD8DC

tetradic

#DC9CD8 #DCC09C #9CDCA0 #9CB8DC

square

#DC9CD8 #DCC09C #9CDCA0 #9CB8DC

split-complementary

#DC9CD8 #B8DC9C #9CDCC0

monochromatic

#BB42B4 #CC6FC6 #DC9CD8 #ECC9EA #F7E8F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#DC9CD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.79

#DC9CD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DC9CD8

9.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC9CD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC9CD8	1.00	2.15	9.79	9.79
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99ACDA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8B4D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E1A1B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc9cd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 156, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.109 328.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7bae4',
    500: '#dc9cd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc9cd8;
$custom-light: #e7bae4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc9cd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 303.75,
    "s": 47.761,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77351,
    "c": 0.10925,
    "h": 328.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4395
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC9CD8

secondary

#DDEEDE

accent

#BB342A

background

#FEFBFD

surface

#FCF6FB

border

#D5D0D4

text

#161115

muted

#848083

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC9CD8

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

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