#DCB8DC#DCB8DC

#DCB8DC is a very light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.547; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.063 H 326.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCB8DC
RGB	rgb(220, 184, 220)
HSL	hsl(300, 34%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(300, 16%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.4%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.85, 19.07, -13.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.85, 23.18, 325.34°)
OKLab	oklab(82.5% 0.0526 -0.0353)
OKLCH	oklch(82.5% 0.063 326.1)
XYZ	xyz(59.5724, 54.6651, 75.1095)
Luminance	0.5466 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCB8DC #B8DCB8

analogous

#CAB8DC #DCB8DC #DCB8CA

triadic

#DCB8DC #DCDCB8 #B8DCDC

tetradic

#DCB8DC #DCCAB8 #B8DCB8 #B8CADC

square

#DCB8DC #DCCAB8 #B8DCB8 #B8CADC

split-complementary

#DCB8DC #CADCB8 #B8DCCA

monochromatic

#B466B4 #C88FC8 #DCB8DC #F0E1F0 #F5EBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#DCB8DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.93

#DCB8DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCB8DC

11.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCB8DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCB8DC	1.00	1.76	11.93	11.93
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6C0DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEC5DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DEBBC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcb8dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 184, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.063 326.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7cde6',
    500: '#dcb8dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcb8dc;
$custom-light: #e7cde6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcb8dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 33.962,
    "l": 79.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82499,
    "c": 0.06329,
    "h": 326.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.54664
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCB8DC

secondary

#85B485

accent

#AD3939

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FCFAFC

border

#D5D3D5

text

#161316

muted

#848384

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCB8DC

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

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