#DCAEE9#DCAEE9

#DCAEE9 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.514; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.095 H 318.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCAEE9
RGB	rgb(220, 174, 233)
HSL	hsl(287, 57%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(287, 25%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.6%, 25.3%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.90, 26.93, -23.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.90, 35.52, 319.32°)
OKLab	oklab(81.14% 0.0715 -0.0628)
OKLCH	oklch(81.14% 0.095 318.7)
XYZ	xyz(59.3572, 51.3721, 83.8639)
Luminance	0.5137 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCAEE9 #BBE9AE

analogous

#BFAEE9 #DCAEE9 #E9AED8

triadic

#DCAEE9 #E9DCAE #AEE9DC

tetradic

#DCAEE9 #E9BFAE #BBE9AE #AED8E9

square

#DCAEE9 #E9BFAE #BBE9AE #AED8E9

split-complementary

#DCAEE9 #D8E9AE #AEE9BF

monochromatic

#B24ECF #C77EDC #DCAEE9 #F1DEF6 #F5E7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#DCAEE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.27

#DCAEE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCAEE9

11.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCAEE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCAEE9	1.00	1.86	11.27	11.27
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7BBEB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1BFE7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDB4C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcaee9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 174, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.095 318.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7c6f0',
    500: '#dcaee9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcaee9;
$custom-light: #e7c6f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcaee9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.78,
    "s": 57.282,
    "l": 79.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81142,
    "c": 0.09513,
    "h": 318.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.51371
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCAEE9

secondary

#88C577

accent

#C52145

background

#FEFDFF

surface

#FCF9FE

border

#D5D2D6

text

#161316

muted

#848285

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCAEE9

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

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