#DCB4E9#DCB4E9

#DCB4E9 is a very light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.537; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.085 H 317.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCB4E9
RGB	rgb(220, 180, 233)
HSL	hsl(285, 55%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(285, 23%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.6%, 22.7%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.31, 23.69, -21.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.31, 31.67, 318.43°)
OKLab	oklab(82.22% 0.0626 -0.0569)
OKLCH	oklch(82.22% 0.085 317.8)
XYZ	xyz(60.5423, 53.7424, 84.2590)
Luminance	0.5374 (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

#DCB4E9 #C1E9B4

analogous

#C1B4E9 #DCB4E9 #E9B4DB

triadic

#DCB4E9 #E9DCB4 #B4E9DC

tetradic

#DCB4E9 #E9C1B4 #C1E9B4 #B4DBE9

square

#DCB4E9 #E9C1B4 #C1E9B4 #B4DBE9

split-complementary

#DCB4E9 #DBE9B4 #B4E9C1

monochromatic

#B055CD #C685DB #DCB4E9 #F2E3F7 #F4E7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#DCB4E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.75

#DCB4E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCB4E9

11.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCB4E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCB4E9	1.00	1.79	11.75	11.75
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEBFEB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6C3E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCBAC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcb4e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 180, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.085 317.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7caf0',
    500: '#dcb4e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcb4e9;
$custom-light: #e7caf0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcb4e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.283,
    "s": 54.639,
    "l": 80.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82223,
    "c": 0.0846,
    "h": 317.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.53741
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCB4E9

secondary

#8EC57C

accent

#C2234A

background

#FEFDFF

surface

#FCF9FE

border

#D5D2D6

text

#161316

muted

#848285

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCB4E9

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

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