#DCAEF8#DCAEF8

#DCAEF8 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.523; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.113 H 312.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCAEF8
RGB	rgb(220, 174, 248)
HSL	hsl(277, 84%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(277, 30%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.3%, 29.8%, 0%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.44, 29.92, -30.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.44, 42.68, 314.52°)
OKLab	oklab(81.73% 0.0756 -0.0833)
OKLCH	oklch(81.73% 0.113 312.3)
XYZ	xyz(61.5917, 52.2659, 95.6324)
Luminance	0.5226 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCAEF8 #CAF8AE

analogous

#B7AEF8 #DCAEF8 #F8AEEF

triadic

#DCAEF8 #F8DCAE #AEF8DC

tetradic

#DCAEF8 #F8B7AE #CAF8AE #AEEFF8

square

#DCAEF8 #F8B7AE #CAF8AE #AEEFF8

split-complementary

#DCAEF8 #EFF8AE #AEF8B7

monochromatic

#AB3DEE #C476F3 #DCAEF8 #F3E3FD #F3E3FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#DCAEF8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.45

#DCAEF8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCAEF8

11.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCAEF8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCAEF8	1.00	1.83	11.45	11.45
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2BDFB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACC0F6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAB7C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcaef8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 174, 248);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.113 312.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7c6fa',
    500: '#dcaef8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcaef8;
$custom-light: #e7c6fa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcaef8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 248
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.297,
    "s": 84.091,
    "l": 82.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81729,
    "c": 0.1125,
    "h": 312.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.52265
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCAEF8

secondary

#98DA70

accent

#E10558

background

#FEFDFF

surface

#FCF9FF

border

#D5D2D7

text

#161317

muted

#848285

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCAEF8

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

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