#DCB4E8#DCB4E8

#DCB4E8 is a very light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.537; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.083 H 318.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCB4E8
RGB	rgb(220, 180, 232)
HSL	hsl(286, 53%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(286, 22%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.2%, 22.4%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.28, 23.50, -20.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.28, 31.20, 318.87°)
OKLab	oklab(82.19% 0.0623 -0.0555)
OKLCH	oklch(82.19% 0.083 318.3)
XYZ	xyz(60.3998, 53.6854, 83.5088)
Luminance	0.5368 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCB4E8 #C0E8B4

analogous

#C2B4E8 #DCB4E8 #E8B4DA

triadic

#DCB4E8 #E8DCB4 #B4E8DC

tetradic

#DCB4E8 #E8C2B4 #C0E8B4 #B4DAE8

square

#DCB4E8 #E8C2B4 #C0E8B4 #B4DAE8

split-complementary

#DCB4E8 #DAE8B4 #B4E8C2

monochromatic

#B056CB #C685DA #DCB4E8 #F2E3F6 #F4E8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#DCB4E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.74

#DCB4E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCB4E8

11.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCB4E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCB4E8	1.00	1.79	11.74	11.74
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEBFEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7C3E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCB9C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcb4e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 180, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.083 318.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7caef',
    500: '#dcb4e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcb4e8;
$custom-light: #e7caef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcb4e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.154,
    "s": 53.061,
    "l": 80.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82186,
    "c": 0.08347,
    "h": 318.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.53684
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCB4E8

secondary

#8DC37D

accent

#C02549

background

#FEFDFF

surface

#FCF9FE

border

#D5D2D6

text

#161316

muted

#848285

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCB4E8

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

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