#DCAEE8#DCAEE8

#DCAEE8 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.513; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.094 H 319.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCAEE8
RGB	rgb(220, 174, 232)
HSL	hsl(288, 56%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(288, 25%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.2%, 25%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.87, 26.74, -22.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.87, 35.05, 319.72°)
OKLab	oklab(81.1% 0.0712 -0.0614)
OKLCH	oklch(81.1% 0.094 319.2)
XYZ	xyz(59.2147, 51.3151, 83.1137)
Luminance	0.5131 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCAEE8 #BAE8AE

analogous

#BFAEE8 #DCAEE8 #E8AED7

triadic

#DCAEE8 #E8DCAE #AEE8DC

tetradic

#DCAEE8 #E8BFAE #BAE8AE #AED7E8

square

#DCAEE8 #E8BFAE #BAE8AE #AED7E8

split-complementary

#DCAEE8 #D7E8AE #AEE8BF

monochromatic

#B34FCD #C77EDA #DCAEE8 #F1DEF6 #F5E7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#DCAEE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.26

#DCAEE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCAEE8

11.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCAEE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCAEE8	1.00	1.86	11.26	11.26
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8BBEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2BFE6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDB4C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcaee8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 174, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.094 319.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7c6ef',
    500: '#dcaee8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcaee8;
$custom-light: #e7c6ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcaee8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.586,
    "s": 55.769,
    "l": 79.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81104,
    "c": 0.09401,
    "h": 319.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.51314
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCAEE8

secondary

#87C377

accent

#C32244

background

#FEFDFF

surface

#FCF9FE

border

#D5D2D6

text

#161316

muted

#848285

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCAEE8

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

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