#DCB4E4#DCB4E4

#DCB4E4 is a very light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.535; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.079 H 320.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCB4E4
RGB	rgb(220, 180, 228)
HSL	hsl(290, 47%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(290, 21%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.5%, 21.1%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.15, 22.73, -18.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.15, 29.35, 320.76°)
OKLab	oklab(82.04% 0.0611 -0.0501)
OKLCH	oklch(82.04% 0.079 320.7)
XYZ	xyz(59.8381, 53.4607, 80.5505)
Luminance	0.5346 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCB4E4 #BCE4B4

analogous

#C4B4E4 #DCB4E4 #E4B4D4

triadic

#DCB4E4 #E4DCB4 #B4E4DC

tetradic

#DCB4E4 #E4C4B4 #BCE4B4 #B4D4E4

square

#DCB4E4 #E4C4B4 #BCE4B4 #B4D4E4

split-complementary

#DCB4E4 #D4E4B4 #B4E4C4

monochromatic

#B25AC4 #C787D4 #DCB4E4 #F1E1F4 #F5E8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#DCB4E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.69

#DCB4E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCB4E4

11.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCB4E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCB4E4	1.00	1.80	11.69	11.69
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFBEE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8C3E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDB9C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcb4e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 180, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.079 320.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7caec',
    500: '#dcb4e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcb4e4;
$custom-light: #e7caec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcb4e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290,
    "s": 47.059,
    "l": 80
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82041,
    "c": 0.07898,
    "h": 320.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.5346
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCB4E4

secondary

#89BE7E

accent

#BA2B43

background

#FEFDFE

surface

#FCF9FD

border

#D5D2D5

text

#161316

muted

#848284

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCB4E4

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

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