#DCB5EE#DCB5EE

#DCB5EE is a very light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.544; OKLCH L 82.6% C 0.089 H 315.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCB5EE
RGB	rgb(220, 181, 238)
HSL	hsl(281, 63%, 82%)
HSV	hsv(281, 24%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.6%, 23.9%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.72, 24.13, -23.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.72, 33.40, 316.26°)
OKLab	oklab(82.59% 0.0627 -0.0627)
OKLCH	oklch(82.59% 0.089 315)
XYZ	xyz(61.4693, 54.4373, 88.1416)
Luminance	0.5444 (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

#DCB5EE #C7EEB5

analogous

#C0B5EE #DCB5EE #EEB5E3

triadic

#DCB5EE #EEDCB5 #B5EEDC

tetradic

#DCB5EE #EEC0B5 #C7EEB5 #B5E3EE

square

#DCB5EE #EEC0B5 #C7EEB5 #B5E3EE

split-complementary

#DCB5EE #E3EEB5 #B5EEC0

monochromatic

#AD51D7 #C483E3 #DCB5EE #F3E6F9 #F3E6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#DCB5EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.89

#DCB5EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCB5EE

11.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCB5EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCB5EE	1.00	1.77	11.89	11.89
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADC0F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6C4EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBBCC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcb5ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 181, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.6% 0.089 315.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7cbf3',
    500: '#dcb5ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcb5ee;
$custom-light: #e7cbf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcb5ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.053,
    "s": 62.637,
    "l": 82.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8259,
    "c": 0.08865,
    "h": 315
  },
  "luminance": 0.54436
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCB5EE

secondary

#95CC7C

accent

#CA1B52

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FCFAFE

border

#D5D3D6

text

#161317

muted

#848385

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCB5EE

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

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