#DCB8DB#DCB8DB

#DCB8DB is a very light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.546; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.062 H 327.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCB8DB
RGB	rgb(220, 184, 219)
HSL	hsl(302, 34%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(302, 16%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.4%, 0.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.82, 18.88, -12.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.82, 22.75, 326.10°)
OKLab	oklab(82.47% 0.0522 -0.0339)
OKLCH	oklch(82.47% 0.062 327)
XYZ	xyz(59.4403, 54.6123, 74.4141)
Luminance	0.5461 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCB8DB #B8DCB9

analogous

#CBB8DC #DCB8DB #DCB8C9

triadic

#DCB8DB #DBDCB8 #B8DBDC

tetradic

#DCB8DB #DCCBB8 #B8DCB9 #B8C9DC

square

#DCB8DB #DCCBB8 #B8DCB9 #B8C9DC

split-complementary

#DCB8DB #C9DCB8 #B8DCCB

monochromatic

#B466B1 #C88FC6 #DCB8DB #F0E1F0 #F5EBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#DCB8DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.92

#DCB8DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCB8DB

11.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCB8DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCB8DB	1.00	1.76	11.92	11.92
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6C0DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEC5DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DFBBC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcb8db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 184, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.062 327.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7cde6',
    500: '#dcb8db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcb8db;
$custom-light: #e7cde6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcb8db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 301.667,
    "s": 33.962,
    "l": 79.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82465,
    "c": 0.06227,
    "h": 327
  },
  "luminance": 0.54611
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCB8DB

secondary

#85B486

accent

#AD3C39

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FCFAFC

border

#D5D3D5

text

#161315

muted

#848384

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCB8DB

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

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