#DCA5EE#DCA5EE

#DCA5EE is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.116 H 317.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCA5EE
RGB	rgb(220, 165, 238)
HSL	hsl(285, 68%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(285, 31%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.6%, 30.7%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.01, 32.77, -28.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.01, 43.60, 318.74°)
OKLab	oklab(79.76% 0.0861 -0.0785)
OKLCH	oklch(79.76% 0.116 317.6)
XYZ	xyz(58.4007, 48.3002, 87.1188)
Luminance	0.4830 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCA5EE #B7EEA5

analogous

#B8A5EE #DCA5EE #EEA5DC

triadic

#DCA5EE #EEDCA5 #A5EEDC

tetradic

#DCA5EE #EEB8A5 #B7EEA5 #A5DCEE

square

#DCA5EE #EEB8A5 #B7EEA5 #A5DCEE

split-complementary

#DCA5EE #DCEEA5 #A5EEB8

monochromatic

#B43EDB #C872E4 #DCA5EE #F0D8F8 #F5E5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#DCA5EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.66

#DCA5EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCA5EE

10.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCA5EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCA5EE	1.00	1.97	10.66	10.66
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BB5F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8BBEC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCADBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dca5ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 165, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.116 317.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7c0f3',
    500: '#dca5ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dca5ee;
$custom-light: #e7c0f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dca5ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.205,
    "s": 68.224,
    "l": 79.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79756,
    "c": 0.11646,
    "h": 317.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.48299
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCA5EE

secondary

#DFF2D9

accent

#D01543

background

#FEFBFE

surface

#FCF7FD

border

#D5D0D5

text

#161217

muted

#848185

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCA5EE

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

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