#DCBAE7#DCBAE7

#DCBAE7 is a very light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.561; OKLCH L 83.3% C 0.072 H 317.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCBAE7
RGB	rgb(220, 186, 231)
HSL	hsl(285, 48%, 82%)
HSV	hsv(285, 19%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.8%, 19.5%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.67, 20.07, -17.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.67, 26.88, 318.31°)
OKLab	oklab(83.25% 0.0532 -0.0482)
OKLCH	oklch(83.25% 0.072 317.8)
XYZ	xyz(61.4958, 56.1038, 83.1754)
Luminance	0.5610 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCBAE7 #C5E7BA

analogous

#C6BAE7 #DCBAE7 #E7BADC

triadic

#DCBAE7 #E7DCBA #BAE7DC

tetradic

#DCBAE7 #E7C6BA #C5E7BA #BADCE7

square

#DCBAE7 #E7C6BA #C5E7BA #BADCE7

split-complementary

#DCBAE7 #DCE7BA #BAE7C6

monochromatic

#AE5FC7 #C58DD7 #DCBAE7 #F3E7F7 #F3E8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#DCBAE7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.22

#DCBAE7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCBAE7

12.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCBAE7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCBAE7	1.00	1.72	12.22	12.22
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5C3E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCC7E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCBFC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcbae7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 186, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.3% 0.072 317.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7cfee',
    500: '#dcbae7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcbae7;
$custom-light: #e7cfee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcbae7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.333,
    "s": 48.387,
    "l": 81.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8325,
    "c": 0.0718,
    "h": 317.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.56103
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCBAE7

secondary

#93C283

accent

#BC2A4D

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FCFBFE

border

#D5D4D6

text

#161316

muted

#848385

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCBAE7

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

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