#DCBAE4#DCBAE4

#DCBAE4 is a very light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.559; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.068 H 319.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCBAE4
RGB	rgb(220, 186, 228)
HSL	hsl(289, 44%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(289, 18%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.5%, 18.4%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.58, 19.50, -16.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.58, 25.48, 319.92°)
OKLab	oklab(83.15% 0.0522 -0.0441)
OKLCH	oklch(83.15% 0.068 319.8)
XYZ	xyz(61.0757, 55.9358, 80.9630)
Luminance	0.5594 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCBAE4 #C2E4BA

analogous

#C7BAE4 #DCBAE4 #E4BAD7

triadic

#DCBAE4 #E4DCBA #BAE4DC

tetradic

#DCBAE4 #E4C7BA #C2E4BA #BAD7E4

square

#DCBAE4 #E4C7BA #C2E4BA #BAD7E4

split-complementary

#DCBAE4 #D7E4BA #BAE4C7

monochromatic

#AF62C2 #C68ED3 #DCBAE4 #F2E6F5 #F4E9F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#DCBAE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.19

#DCBAE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCBAE4

12.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCBAE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCBAE4	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)

#B6C3E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDC6E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDBEC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcbae4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 186, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.068 319.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7ceec',
    500: '#dcbae4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcbae4;
$custom-light: #e7ceec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcbae4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.571,
    "s": 43.75,
    "l": 81.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83145,
    "c": 0.06838,
    "h": 319.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.55935
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCBAE4

secondary

#8FBE84

accent

#B72F49

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FCFBFD

border

#D5D4D5

text

#161316

muted

#848384

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCBAE4

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

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