#DCB9DB#DCB9DB

#DCB9DB is a very light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.550; OKLCH L 82.7% C 0.060 H 327.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCB9DB
RGB	rgb(220, 185, 219)
HSL	hsl(302, 33%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(302, 16%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.9%, 0.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.06, 18.35, -12.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.06, 22.10, 326.10°)
OKLab	oklab(82.65% 0.0507 -0.0329)
OKLCH	oklch(82.65% 0.06 327)
XYZ	xyz(59.6488, 55.0292, 74.4836)
Luminance	0.5503 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCB9DB #B9DCBA

analogous

#CCB9DC #DCB9DB #DCB9CA

triadic

#DCB9DB #DBDCB9 #B9DBDC

tetradic

#DCB9DB #DCCCB9 #B9DCBA #B9CADC

square

#DCB9DB #DCCCB9 #B9DCBA #B9CADC

split-complementary

#DCB9DB #CADCB9 #B9DCCC

monochromatic

#B367B1 #C890C6 #DCB9DB #F0E2F0 #F5EBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#DCB9DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.01

#DCB9DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCB9DB

12.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCB9DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCB9DB	1.00	1.75	12.01	12.01
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7C1DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFC5DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DFBCC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcb9db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 185, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.7% 0.060 327.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7cee6',
    500: '#dcb9db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcb9db;
$custom-light: #e7cee6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcb9db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 301.714,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 79.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82651,
    "c": 0.06049,
    "h": 327
  },
  "luminance": 0.55028
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCB9DB

secondary

#86B487

accent

#AC3D39

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FCFAFC

border

#D5D3D5

text

#161315

muted

#848384

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCB9DB

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

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