#DCB9EF#DCB9EF

#DCB9EF is a very light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.561; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.083 H 313.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCB9EF
RGB	rgb(220, 185, 239)
HSL	hsl(279, 63%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(279, 23%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.9%, 22.6%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.70, 22.17, -22.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.70, 31.33, 315.04°)
OKLab	oklab(83.36% 0.0572 -0.06)
OKLCH	oklch(83.36% 0.083 313.6)
XYZ	xyz(62.4416, 56.1463, 89.1925)
Luminance	0.5615 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCB9EF #CCEFB9

analogous

#C1B9EF #DCB9EF #EFB9E7

triadic

#DCB9EF #EFDCB9 #B9EFDC

tetradic

#DCB9EF #EFC1B9 #CCEFB9 #B9E7EF

square

#DCB9EF #EFC1B9 #CCEFB9 #B9E7EF

split-complementary

#DCB9EF #E7EFB9 #B9EFC1

monochromatic

#AA55D8 #C387E4 #DCB9EF #F3E6F9 #F3E6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#DCB9EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.23

#DCB9EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCB9EF

12.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCB9EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCB9EF	1.00	1.72	12.23	12.23
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2C4F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9C6ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBBFCC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcb9ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 185, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.083 313.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7cef4',
    500: '#dcb9ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcb9ef;
$custom-light: #e7cef4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcb9ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.889,
    "s": 62.791,
    "l": 83.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83356,
    "c": 0.0829,
    "h": 313.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.56146
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCB9EF

secondary

#9BCD7F

accent

#CB1B59

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FCFBFE

border

#D5D4D6

text

#161317

muted

#848385

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCB9EF

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

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