#DCB9EC#DCB9EC

#DCB9EC is a very light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.560; OKLCH L 83.2% C 0.079 H 315.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCB9EC
RGB	rgb(220, 185, 236)
HSL	hsl(281, 57%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(281, 22%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.8%, 21.6%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.60, 21.58, -20.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.60, 29.89, 316.22°)
OKLab	oklab(83.25% 0.0563 -0.056)
OKLCH	oklch(83.25% 0.079 315.1)
XYZ	xyz(62.0021, 55.9705, 86.8777)
Luminance	0.5597 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCB9EC #C9ECB9

analogous

#C2B9EC #DCB9EC #ECB9E3

triadic

#DCB9EC #ECDCB9 #B9ECDC

tetradic

#DCB9EC #ECC2B9 #C9ECB9 #B9E3EC

square

#DCB9EC #ECC2B9 #C9ECB9 #B9E3EC

split-complementary

#DCB9EC #E3ECB9 #B9ECC2

monochromatic

#AC59D2 #C489DF #DCB9EC #F3E7F8 #F3E7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#DCB9EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.19

#DCB9EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCB9EC

12.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCB9EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCB9EC	1.00	1.72	12.19	12.19
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2C3EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAC6EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBBFCA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcb9ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 185, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.2% 0.079 315.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7cef2',
    500: '#dcb9ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcb9ec;
$custom-light: #e7cef2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcb9ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.176,
    "s": 57.303,
    "l": 82.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83246,
    "c": 0.07935,
    "h": 315.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.5597
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCB9EC

secondary

#97C980

accent

#C52154

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FCFBFE

border

#D5D4D6

text

#161317

muted

#848385

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCB9EC

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

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