#DCB8EC#DCB8EC

#DCB8EC is a very light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.556; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.081 H 315.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCB8EC
RGB	rgb(220, 184, 236)
HSL	hsl(282, 58%, 82%)
HSV	hsv(282, 22%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.8%, 22%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.36, 22.12, -21.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.36, 30.53, 316.43°)
OKLab	oklab(83.06% 0.0577 -0.057)
OKLCH	oklch(83.06% 0.081 315.4)
XYZ	xyz(61.7937, 55.5536, 86.8082)
Luminance	0.5555 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCB8EC #C8ECB8

analogous

#C2B8EC #DCB8EC #ECB8E2

triadic

#DCB8EC #ECDCB8 #B8ECDC

tetradic

#DCB8EC #ECC2B8 #C8ECB8 #B8E2EC

square

#DCB8EC #ECC2B8 #C8ECB8 #B8E2EC

split-complementary

#DCB8EC #E2ECB8 #B8ECC2

monochromatic

#AC57D2 #C488DF #DCB8EC #F3E7F9 #F3E7F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#DCB8EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.11

#DCB8EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCB8EC

12.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCB8EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCB8EC	1.00	1.73	12.11	12.11
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1C2EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9C6EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBBECA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcb8ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 184, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.081 315.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7cdf2',
    500: '#dcb8ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcb8ec;
$custom-light: #e7cdf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcb8ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.538,
    "s": 57.778,
    "l": 82.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83062,
    "c": 0.08109,
    "h": 315.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.55553
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCB8EC

secondary

#96C97F

accent

#C52053

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FCFAFE

border

#D5D3D6

text

#161317

muted

#848385

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCB8EC

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

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