#DCB4E7#DCB4E7

#DCB4E7 is a very light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.536; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.082 H 318.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCB4E7
RGB	rgb(220, 180, 231)
HSL	hsl(287, 52%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(287, 22%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.8%, 22.1%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.24, 23.31, -20.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.24, 30.73, 319.32°)
OKLab	oklab(82.15% 0.062 -0.0541)
OKLCH	oklch(82.15% 0.082 318.9)
XYZ	xyz(60.2582, 53.6287, 82.7628)
Luminance	0.5363 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCB4E7 #BFE7B4

analogous

#C2B4E7 #DCB4E7 #E7B4D8

triadic

#DCB4E7 #E7DCB4 #B4E7DC

tetradic

#DCB4E7 #E7C2B4 #BFE7B4 #B4D8E7

square

#DCB4E7 #E7C2B4 #BFE7B4 #B4D8E7

split-complementary

#DCB4E7 #D8E7B4 #B4E7C2

monochromatic

#B157C9 #C686D8 #DCB4E7 #F2E2F6 #F4E8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#DCB4E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.73

#DCB4E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCB4E7

11.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCB4E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCB4E7	1.00	1.79	11.73	11.73
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEBFE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7C3E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDB9C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcb4e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 180, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.082 318.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7caee',
    500: '#dcb4e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcb4e7;
$custom-light: #e7caee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcb4e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.059,
    "s": 51.515,
    "l": 80.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8215,
    "c": 0.08233,
    "h": 318.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.53628
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCB4E7

secondary

#8CC27D

accent

#BF2747

background

#FEFDFF

surface

#FCF9FE

border

#D5D2D6

text

#161316

muted

#848285

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCB4E7

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

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