#DCB9FF#DCB9FF

#DCB9FF is a very light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.571; OKLCH L 84.0% C 0.102 H 307.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#DCB9FF
RGBrgb(220, 185, 255)
HSLhsl(270, 100%, 86%)
HSVhsv(270, 27%, 100%)
CMYKcmyk(13.7%, 27.5%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LABlab(80.25, 25.42, -29.86)
CIE-LCHlch(80.25, 39.22, 310.41°)
OKLaboklab(83.97% 0.0618 -0.0817)
OKLCHoklch(83.97% 0.102 307.1)
XYZxyz(64.9108, 57.1340, 102.1967)
Luminance0.5713 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyviolet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#DCB9FF #DCFFB9
analogous
#B9B9FF #DCB9FF #FFB9FF
triadic
#DCB9FF #FFDCB9 #B9FFDC
tetradic
#DCB9FF #FFB9B9 #DCFFB9 #B9FFFF
square
#DCB9FF #FFB9B9 #DCFFB9 #B9FFFF
split-complementary
#DCB9FF #FFFFB9 #B9FFB9
monochromatic
#9F3FFF #BD7CFF #DCB9FF #F0E0FF #F0E0FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69
#DCB9FF on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.43
#DCB9FF on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCB9FF
12.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##DCB9FF#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##DCB9FF1.001.6912.4312.43
#FFFFFF1.691.0021.0021.00
#00000012.4321.001.001.00
##00000012.4321.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#ACC6FF
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B3C7FD
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#D7C3D2
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #dcb9ff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 185, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.0% 0.102 307.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7ceff',
    500: '#dcb9ff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #dcb9ff;
$custom-light: #e7ceff;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#dcb9ff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 86.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83969,
    "c": 0.10247,
    "h": 307.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.57134
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#DCB9FF
secondary
#AEE775
accent
#E60073
background
#FEFEFF
surface
#FCFBFF
border
#D5D4D7
text
#161318
muted
#848386

Preview Lab

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#DCB9FF Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva