#DCB8EA#DCB8EA

#DCB8EA is a very light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.554; OKLCH L 83.0% C 0.079 H 316.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCB8EA
RGB	rgb(220, 184, 234)
HSL	hsl(283, 54%, 82%)
HSV	hsv(283, 21%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(6%, 21.4%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.29, 21.73, -20.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.29, 29.57, 317.28°)
OKLab	oklab(82.99% 0.0571 -0.0542)
OKLCH	oklch(82.99% 0.079 316.5)
XYZ	xyz(61.5047, 55.4380, 85.2865)
Luminance	0.5544 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCB8EA #C6EAB8

analogous

#C3B8EA #DCB8EA #EAB8DF

triadic

#DCB8EA #EADCB8 #B8EADC

tetradic

#DCB8EA #EAC3B8 #C6EAB8 #B8DFEA

square

#DCB8EA #EAC3B8 #C6EAB8 #B8DFEA

split-complementary

#DCB8EA #DFEAB8 #B8EAC3

monochromatic

#AD5ACE #C589DC #DCB8EA #F3E7F8 #F3E7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#DCB8EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.09

#DCB8EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCB8EA

12.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCB8EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCB8EA	1.00	1.74	12.09	12.09
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2C2EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9C6E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCBDC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcb8ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 184, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.079 316.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7cdf0',
    500: '#dcb8ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcb8ea;
$custom-light: #e7cdf0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcb8ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.2,
    "s": 54.348,
    "l": 81.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8299,
    "c": 0.07875,
    "h": 316.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.55437
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCB8EA

secondary

#94C680

accent

#C22450

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FCFAFE

border

#D5D3D6

text

#161316

muted

#848385

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCB8EA

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

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