#DCBAEF#DCBAEF

#DCBAEF is a very light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.566; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.081 H 313.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCBAEF
RGB	rgb(220, 186, 239)
HSL	hsl(278, 62%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(278, 22%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.9%, 22.2%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.94, 21.63, -21.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.94, 30.70, 314.81°)
OKLab	oklab(83.54% 0.0557 -0.059)
OKLCH	oklch(83.54% 0.081 313.3)
XYZ	xyz(62.6516, 56.5662, 89.2625)
Luminance	0.5656 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCBAEF #CDEFBA

analogous

#C1BAEF #DCBAEF #EFBAE7

triadic

#DCBAEF #EFDCBA #BAEFDC

tetradic

#DCBAEF #EFC1BA #CDEFBA #BAE7EF

square

#DCBAEF #EFC1BA #CDEFBA #BAE7EF

split-complementary

#DCBAEF #E7EFBA #BAEFC1

monochromatic

#AA57D8 #C388E3 #DCBAEF #F2E6F9 #F2E6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#DCBAEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.31

#DCBAEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCBAEF

12.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCBAEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCBAEF	1.00	1.71	12.31	12.31
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3C4F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAC7ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBC0CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcbaef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 186, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.081 313.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7cff4',
    500: '#dcbaef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcbaef;
$custom-light: #e7cff4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcbaef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.491,
    "s": 62.353,
    "l": 83.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83539,
    "c": 0.08117,
    "h": 313.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.56565
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCBAEF

secondary

#9CCD80

accent

#CA1B5A

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FCFBFE

border

#D5D4D6

text

#161317

muted

#848385

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCBAEF

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

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