#DCAEF5#DCAEF5

#DCAEF5 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.521; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.109 H 313.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCAEF5
RGB	rgb(220, 174, 245)
HSL	hsl(279, 78%, 82%)
HSV	hsv(279, 29%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.2%, 29%, 0%, 3.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.33, 29.31, -28.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.33, 41.22, 315.32°)
OKLab	oklab(81.61% 0.0748 -0.0792)
OKLCH	oklch(81.61% 0.109 313.4)
XYZ	xyz(61.1300, 52.0812, 93.2009)
Luminance	0.5208 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCAEF5 #C7F5AE

analogous

#B9AEF5 #DCAEF5 #F5AEEB

triadic

#DCAEF5 #F5DCAE #AEF5DC

tetradic

#DCAEF5 #F5B9AE #C7F5AE #AEEBF5

square

#DCAEF5 #F5B9AE #C7F5AE #AEEBF5

split-complementary

#DCAEF5 #EBF5AE #AEF5B9

monochromatic

#AD41E8 #C478EE #DCAEF5 #F3E4FC #F3E4FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#DCAEF5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.42

#DCAEF5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCAEF5

11.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCAEF5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCAEF5	1.00	1.84	11.42	11.42
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3BCF8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADC0F3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAB7C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcaef5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 174, 245);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.109 313.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7c6f8',
    500: '#dcaef5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcaef5;
$custom-light: #e7c6f8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcaef5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 245
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.873,
    "s": 78.022,
    "l": 82.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81608,
    "c": 0.10895,
    "h": 313.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.5208
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCAEF5

secondary

#95D672

accent

#DA0B54

background

#FEFDFF

surface

#FCF9FF

border

#D5D2D7

text

#161317

muted

#848285

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCAEF5

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

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