#DCB3EC#DCB3EC

#DCB3EC is a very light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.535; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.090 H 316.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCB3EC
RGB	rgb(220, 179, 236)
HSL	hsl(283, 60%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(283, 24%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.8%, 24.2%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.18, 24.82, -22.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.18, 33.73, 317.38°)
OKLab	oklab(82.15% 0.065 -0.0619)
OKLCH	oklch(82.15% 0.09 316.4)
XYZ	xyz(60.7733, 53.5129, 86.4681)
Luminance	0.5351 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCB3EC #C3ECB3

analogous

#C0B3EC #DCB3EC #ECB3E0

triadic

#DCB3EC #ECDCB3 #B3ECDC

tetradic

#DCB3EC #ECC0B3 #C3ECB3 #B3E0EC

square

#DCB3EC #ECC0B3 #C3ECB3 #B3E0EC

split-complementary

#DCB3EC #E0ECB3 #B3ECC0

monochromatic

#AF51D4 #C582E0 #DCB3EC #F3E4F8 #F4E7F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#DCB3EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.70

#DCB3EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCB3EC

11.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCB3EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCB3EC	1.00	1.79	11.70	11.70
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACBFEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5C3EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCB9C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcb3ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 179, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.090 316.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7caf2',
    500: '#dcb3ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcb3ec;
$custom-light: #e7caf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcb3ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.158,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 81.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82153,
    "c": 0.08979,
    "h": 316.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.53512
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCB3EC

secondary

#90C97A

accent

#C81E4E

background

#FEFDFF

surface

#FCF9FE

border

#D5D2D6

text

#161317

muted

#848285

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCB3EC

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

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