#DCBAE5#DCBAE5

#DCBAE5 is a very light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.560; OKLCH L 83.2% C 0.070 H 319.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCBAE5
RGB	rgb(220, 186, 229)
HSL	hsl(287, 45%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(287, 19%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.9%, 18.8%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.61, 19.69, -16.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.61, 25.94, 319.36°)
OKLab	oklab(83.18% 0.0526 -0.0455)
OKLCH	oklch(83.18% 0.07 319.1)
XYZ	xyz(61.2149, 55.9915, 81.6962)
Luminance	0.5599 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCBAE5 #C3E5BA

analogous

#C7BAE5 #DCBAE5 #E5BAD9

triadic

#DCBAE5 #E5DCBA #BAE5DC

tetradic

#DCBAE5 #E5C7BA #C3E5BA #BAD9E5

square

#DCBAE5 #E5C7BA #C3E5BA #BAD9E5

split-complementary

#DCBAE5 #D9E5BA #BAE5C7

monochromatic

#AF61C4 #C58ED4 #DCBAE5 #F3E6F6 #F4E9F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#DCBAE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.20

#DCBAE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCBAE5

12.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCBAE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCBAE5	1.00	1.72	12.20	12.20
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6C3E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDC6E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDBEC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcbae5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 186, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.2% 0.070 319.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7ceed',
    500: '#dcbae5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcbae5;
$custom-light: #e7ceed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcbae5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.442,
    "s": 45.263,
    "l": 81.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8318,
    "c": 0.06951,
    "h": 319.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.55991
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCBAE5

secondary

#90BF84

accent

#B82D4A

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FCFBFD

border

#D5D4D5

text

#161316

muted

#848384

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCBAE5

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

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