#DCB4E1#DCB4E1

#DCB4E1 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.533; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.076 H 322.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCB4E1
RGB	rgb(220, 180, 225)
HSL	hsl(293, 43%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(293, 20%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.2%, 20%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.05, 22.16, -17.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.05, 27.98, 322.36°)
OKLab	oklab(81.93% 0.0601 -0.046)
OKLCH	oklch(81.93% 0.076 322.6)
XYZ	xyz(59.4253, 53.2956, 78.3762)
Luminance	0.5329 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCB4E1 #B9E1B4

analogous

#C6B4E1 #DCB4E1 #E1B4D0

triadic

#DCB4E1 #E1DCB4 #B4E1DC

tetradic

#DCB4E1 #E1C6B4 #B9E1B4 #B4D0E1

square

#DCB4E1 #E1C6B4 #B9E1B4 #B4D0E1

split-complementary

#DCB4E1 #D0E1B4 #B4E1C6

monochromatic

#B35DBE #C888D0 #DCB4E1 #F0E0F2 #F5E9F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#DCB4E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.66

#DCB4E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCB4E1

11.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCB4E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCB4E1	1.00	1.80	11.66	11.66
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0BEE3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9C3DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DEB8C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcb4e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 180, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.076 322.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7caea',
    500: '#dcb4e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcb4e1;
$custom-light: #e7caea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcb4e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 293.333,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 79.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81934,
    "c": 0.0757,
    "h": 322.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.53294
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCB4E1

secondary

#86BA7F

accent

#B6303E

background

#FEFDFE

surface

#FCF9FD

border

#D5D2D5

text

#161316

muted

#848284

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCB4E1

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

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