#DCB4E6#DCB4E6

#DCB4E6 is a very light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.536; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.081 H 319.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCB4E6
RGB	rgb(220, 180, 230)
HSL	hsl(288, 50%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(288, 22%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.3%, 21.7%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.21, 23.11, -19.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.21, 30.27, 319.78°)
OKLab	oklab(82.11% 0.0617 -0.0528)
OKLCH	oklch(82.11% 0.081 319.5)
XYZ	xyz(60.1174, 53.5724, 82.0211)
Luminance	0.5357 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCB4E6 #BEE6B4

analogous

#C3B4E6 #DCB4E6 #E6B4D7

triadic

#DCB4E6 #E6DCB4 #B4E6DC

tetradic

#DCB4E6 #E6C3B4 #BEE6B4 #B4D7E6

square

#DCB4E6 #E6C3B4 #BEE6B4 #B4D7E6

split-complementary

#DCB4E6 #D7E6B4 #B4E6C3

monochromatic

#B158C7 #C786D7 #DCB4E6 #F1E2F5 #F4E8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#DCB4E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.71

#DCB4E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCB4E6

11.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCB4E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCB4E6	1.00	1.79	11.71	11.71
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFBFE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7C3E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDB9C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcb4e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 180, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.081 319.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7caee',
    500: '#dcb4e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcb4e6;
$custom-light: #e7caee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcb4e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 80.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82113,
    "c": 0.08121,
    "h": 319.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.53571
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCB4E6

secondary

#8BC17E

accent

#BD2846

background

#FEFDFF

surface

#FCF9FE

border

#D5D2D6

text

#161316

muted

#848285

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCB4E6

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

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