#DCB4EA#DCB4EA

#DCB4EA is a very light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.538; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.086 H 317.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCB4EA
RGB	rgb(220, 180, 234)
HSL	hsl(284, 56%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(284, 23%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(6%, 23.1%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.34, 23.89, -21.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.34, 32.14, 318.01°)
OKLab	oklab(82.26% 0.063 -0.0582)
OKLCH	oklch(82.26% 0.086 317.2)
XYZ	xyz(60.6855, 53.7997, 85.0134)
Luminance	0.5380 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCB4EA #C2EAB4

analogous

#C1B4EA #DCB4EA #EAB4DD

triadic

#DCB4EA #EADCB4 #B4EADC

tetradic

#DCB4EA #EAC1B4 #C2EAB4 #B4DDEA

square

#DCB4EA #EAC1B4 #C2EAB4 #B4DDEA

split-complementary

#DCB4EA #DDEAB4 #B4EAC1

monochromatic

#AF54CF #C684DD #DCB4EA #F2E4F7 #F4E7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#DCB4EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.76

#DCB4EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCB4EA

11.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCB4EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCB4EA	1.00	1.79	11.76	11.76
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEBFEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6C3E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCBAC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcb4ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 180, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.086 317.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7caf0',
    500: '#dcb4ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcb4ea;
$custom-light: #e7caf0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcb4ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.444,
    "s": 56.25,
    "l": 81.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8226,
    "c": 0.08575,
    "h": 317.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.53799
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCB4EA

secondary

#8FC67C

accent

#C4224C

background

#FEFDFF

surface

#FCF9FE

border

#D5D2D6

text

#161316

muted

#848285

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCB4EA

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

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