#DCB4E5#DCB4E5

#DCB4E5 is a very light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.535; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.080 H 320.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCB4E5
RGB	rgb(220, 180, 229)
HSL	hsl(289, 49%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(289, 21%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.9%, 21.4%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.18, 22.92, -19.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.18, 29.81, 320.26°)
OKLab	oklab(82.08% 0.0614 -0.0514)
OKLCH	oklch(82.08% 0.08 320.1)
XYZ	xyz(59.9774, 53.5164, 81.2837)
Luminance	0.5352 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCB4E5 #BDE5B4

analogous

#C4B4E5 #DCB4E5 #E5B4D5

triadic

#DCB4E5 #E5DCB4 #B4E5DC

tetradic

#DCB4E5 #E5C4B4 #BDE5B4 #B4D5E5

square

#DCB4E5 #E5C4B4 #BDE5B4 #B4D5E5

split-complementary

#DCB4E5 #D5E5B4 #B4E5C4

monochromatic

#B259C5 #C787D5 #DCB4E5 #F1E1F5 #F4E8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#DCB4E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.70

#DCB4E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCB4E5

11.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCB4E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCB4E5	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)

#AFBFE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8C3E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDB9C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcb4e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 180, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.080 320.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7caed',
    500: '#dcb4e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcb4e5;
$custom-light: #e7caed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcb4e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.98,
    "s": 48.515,
    "l": 80.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82077,
    "c": 0.08009,
    "h": 320.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.53515
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCB4E5

secondary

#8ABF7E

accent

#BC2A45

background

#FEFDFE

surface

#FCF9FD

border

#D5D2D5

text

#161316

muted

#848284

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCB4E5

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

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