#DCA9EE#DCA9EE

#DCA9EE is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.498; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.110 H 317.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCA9EE
RGB	rgb(220, 169, 238)
HSL	hsl(284, 67%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(284, 29%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.6%, 29%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.93, 30.61, -27.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.93, 41.05, 318.22°)
OKLab	oklab(80.45% 0.0802 -0.0745)
OKLCH	oklch(80.45% 0.11 317.1)
XYZ	xyz(59.1335, 49.7658, 87.3630)
Luminance	0.4976 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCA9EE #BBEEA9

analogous

#BAA9EE #DCA9EE #EEA9DD

triadic

#DCA9EE #EEDCA9 #A9EEDC

tetradic

#DCA9EE #EEBAA9 #BBEEA9 #A9DDEE

square

#DCA9EE #EEBAA9 #BBEEA9 #A9DDEE

split-complementary

#DCA9EE #DDEEA9 #A9EEBA

monochromatic

#B243DA #C776E4 #DCA9EE #F1DCF8 #F5E5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#DCA9EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.95

#DCA9EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCA9EE

10.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCA9EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCA9EE	1.00	1.92	10.95	10.95
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0B8F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABBDEC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCB1C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dca9ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 169, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.110 317.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7c3f3',
    500: '#dca9ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dca9ee;
$custom-light: #e7c3f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dca9ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.348,
    "s": 66.99,
    "l": 79.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80451,
    "c": 0.10951,
    "h": 317.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.49765
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCA9EE

secondary

#E0F1DA

accent

#CF1747

background

#FEFCFE

surface

#FCF8FD

border

#D5D1D5

text

#161217

muted

#848185

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCA9EE

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

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