#DCBDEB#DCBDEB

#DCBDEB is a very light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.576; OKLCH L 83.9% C 0.071 H 314.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCBDEB
RGB	rgb(220, 189, 235)
HSL	hsl(280, 53%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(280, 20%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.4%, 19.6%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.52, 19.23, -18.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.52, 26.85, 315.74°)
OKLab	oklab(83.95% 0.0501 -0.0506)
OKLCH	oklch(83.95% 0.071 314.7)
XYZ	xyz(62.7058, 57.6097, 86.3976)
Luminance	0.5761 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCBDEB #CCEBBD

analogous

#C5BDEB #DCBDEB #EBBDE3

triadic

#DCBDEB #EBDCBD #BDEBDC

tetradic

#DCBDEB #EBC5BD #CCEBBD #BDE3EB

square

#DCBDEB #EBC5BD #CCEBBD #BDE3EB

split-complementary

#DCBDEB #E3EBBD #BDEBC5

monochromatic

#AA5FCF #C38EDD #DCBDEB #F3E8F8 #F3E8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#DCBDEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.52

#DCBDEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCBDEB

12.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCBDEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCBDEB	1.00	1.68	12.52	12.52
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7C6ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDC9E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBC2CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcbdeb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 189, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.9% 0.071 314.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7d1f1',
    500: '#dcbdeb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcbdeb;
$custom-light: #e7d1f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcbdeb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.435,
    "s": 53.488,
    "l": 83.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83948,
    "c": 0.07122,
    "h": 314.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.57609
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCBDEB

secondary

#9BC785

accent

#C12558

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FCFBFE

border

#D5D4D6

text

#161416

muted

#848385

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCBDEB

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

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