#DCB5EF#DCB5EF

#DCB5EF is a very light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.545; OKLCH L 82.6% C 0.090 H 314.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCB5EF
RGB	rgb(220, 181, 239)
HSL	hsl(280, 64%, 82%)
HSV	hsv(280, 24%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.9%, 24.3%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.75, 24.33, -23.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.75, 33.88, 315.90°)
OKLab	oklab(82.63% 0.063 -0.064)
OKLCH	oklch(82.63% 0.09 314.5)
XYZ	xyz(61.6166, 54.4962, 88.9175)
Luminance	0.5450 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCB5EF #C8EFB5

analogous

#BFB5EF #DCB5EF #EFB5E5

triadic

#DCB5EF #EFDCB5 #B5EFDC

tetradic

#DCB5EF #EFBFB5 #C8EFB5 #B5E5EF

square

#DCB5EF #EFBFB5 #C8EFB5 #B5E5EF

split-complementary

#DCB5EF #E5EFB5 #B5EFBF

monochromatic

#AC50D9 #C483E4 #DCB5EF #F3E6FA #F3E6FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#DCB5EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.90

#DCB5EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCB5EF

11.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCB5EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCB5EF	1.00	1.76	11.90	11.90
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADC1F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5C4ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBBCC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcb5ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 181, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.6% 0.090 314.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7cbf4',
    500: '#dcb5ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcb5ef;
$custom-light: #e7cbf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcb5ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.345,
    "s": 64.444,
    "l": 82.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82627,
    "c": 0.08983,
    "h": 314.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.54495
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCB5EF

secondary

#96CD7B

accent

#CC1954

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FCFAFE

border

#D5D3D6

text

#161317

muted

#848385

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCB5EF

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

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