#DCA0E4#DCA0E4

#DCA0E4 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.460; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.114 H 322.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCA0E4
RGB	rgb(220, 160, 228)
HSL	hsl(293, 56%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(293, 30%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.5%, 29.8%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.52, 33.52, -25.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.52, 42.18, 322.64°)
OKLab	oklab(78.5% 0.0907 -0.0695)
OKLCH	oklch(78.5% 0.114 322.5)
XYZ	xyz(56.0879, 45.9603, 79.3004)
Luminance	0.4596 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCA0E4 #A8E4A0

analogous

#BAA0E4 #DCA0E4 #E4A0CA

triadic

#DCA0E4 #E4DCA0 #A0E4DC

tetradic

#DCA0E4 #E4BAA0 #A8E4A0 #A0CAE4

square

#DCA0E4 #E4BAA0 #A8E4A0 #A0CAE4

split-complementary

#DCA0E4 #CAE4A0 #A0E4BA

monochromatic

#B941C9 #CA70D6 #DCA0E4 #EED0F2 #F6E7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#DCA0E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.19

#DCA0E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCA0E4

10.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCA0E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCA0E4	1.00	2.06	10.19	10.19
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99B0E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7B7E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DEA7B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dca0e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 160, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.114 322.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7bdec',
    500: '#dca0e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dca0e4;
$custom-light: #e7bdec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dca0e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 292.941,
    "s": 55.738,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78498,
    "c": 0.11431,
    "h": 322.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.45959
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCA0E4

secondary

#DEEFDC

accent

#C32235

background

#FEFBFE

surface

#FCF6FD

border

#D5D0D5

text

#161216

muted

#848184

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCA0E4

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

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