#DCBDEE#DCBDEE

#DCBDEE is a very light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.578; OKLCH L 84.1% C 0.075 H 313.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCBDEE
RGB	rgb(220, 189, 238)
HSL	hsl(278, 59%, 84%)
HSV	hsv(278, 21%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.6%, 20.6%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.62, 19.82, -20.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.62, 28.30, 314.45°)
OKLab	oklab(84.06% 0.0511 -0.0547)
OKLCH	oklch(84.06% 0.075 313)
XYZ	xyz(63.1429, 57.7845, 88.6995)
Luminance	0.5778 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCBDEE #CFEEBD

analogous

#C3BDEE #DCBDEE #EEBDE7

triadic

#DCBDEE #EEDCBD #BDEEDC

tetradic

#DCBDEE #EEC3BD #CFEEBD #BDE7EE

square

#DCBDEE #EEC3BD #CFEEBD #BDE7EE

split-complementary

#DCBDEE #E7EEBD #BDEEC3

monochromatic

#A85CD5 #C28CE1 #DCBDEE #F2E7F9 #F2E7F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#DCBDEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.56

#DCBDEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCBDEE

12.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCBDEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCBDEE	1.00	1.67	12.56	12.56
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6C6F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDC9EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBC3CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcbdee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 189, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.1% 0.075 313.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7d1f3',
    500: '#dcbdee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcbdee;
$custom-light: #e7d1f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcbdee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.959,
    "s": 59.036,
    "l": 83.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84056,
    "c": 0.07481,
    "h": 313
  },
  "luminance": 0.57784
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCBDEE

secondary

#9ECC83

accent

#C71F5C

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FCFBFE

border

#D5D4D6

text

#161417

muted

#848385

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCBDEE

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

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