#DCB4EE#DCB4EE

#DCB4EE is a very light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.540; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.090 H 315.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCB4EE
RGB	rgb(220, 180, 238)
HSL	hsl(281, 63%, 82%)
HSV	hsv(281, 24%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.6%, 24.4%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.48, 24.67, -23.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.48, 34.04, 316.45°)
OKLab	oklab(82.41% 0.0642 -0.0637)
OKLCH	oklch(82.41% 0.09 315.2)
XYZ	xyz(61.2667, 54.0321, 88.0741)
Luminance	0.5403 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCB4EE #C6EEB4

analogous

#BFB4EE #DCB4EE #EEB4E3

triadic

#DCB4EE #EEDCB4 #B4EEDC

tetradic

#DCB4EE #EEBFB4 #C6EEB4 #B4E3EE

square

#DCB4EE #EEBFB4 #C6EEB4 #B4E3EE

split-complementary

#DCB4EE #E3EEB4 #B4EEBF

monochromatic

#AD50D7 #C582E3 #DCB4EE #F3E6F9 #F3E6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#DCB4EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.81

#DCB4EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCB4EE

11.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCB4EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCB4EE	1.00	1.78	11.81	11.81
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACC0F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5C3EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBBBC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcb4ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 180, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.090 315.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7caf3',
    500: '#dcb4ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcb4ee;
$custom-light: #e7caf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcb4ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.379,
    "s": 63.043,
    "l": 81.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82409,
    "c": 0.09038,
    "h": 315.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.54031
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCB4EE

secondary

#94CC7B

accent

#CB1B51

background

#FEFDFF

surface

#FCF9FE

border

#D5D2D6

text

#161317

muted

#848285

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCB4EE

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

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