#DCBED8#DCBED8

#DCBED8 is a very light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.570; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.049 H 330.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCBED8
RGB	rgb(220, 190, 216)
HSL	hsl(308, 30%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(308, 14%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.6%, 1.8%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.18, 15.11, -9.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.18, 17.61, 329.12°)
OKLab	oklab(83.49% 0.0423 -0.024)
OKLCH	oklch(83.49% 0.049 330.4)
XYZ	xyz(60.3218, 57.0015, 72.7771)
Luminance	0.5700 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCBED8 #BEDCC2

analogous

#D1BEDC #DCBED8 #DCBEC9

triadic

#DCBED8 #D8DCBE #BED8DC

tetradic

#DCBED8 #DCD1BE #BEDCC2 #BEC9DC

square

#DCBED8 #DCD1BE #BEDCC2 #BEC9DC

split-complementary

#DCBED8 #C9DCBE #BEDCD1

monochromatic

#B16EA8 #C796C0 #DCBED8 #F1E6F0 #F4EBF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#DCBED8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.40

#DCBED8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCBED8

12.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCBED8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCBED8	1.00	1.69	12.40	12.40
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDC4D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4C8D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DFC0C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcbed8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 190, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.049 330.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7d1e4',
    500: '#dcbed8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcbed8;
$custom-light: #e7d1e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcbed8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 308,
    "s": 30,
    "l": 80.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83492,
    "c": 0.0486,
    "h": 330.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.57
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCBED8

secondary

#8BB390

accent

#A94B3D

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FCFBFC

border

#D5D4D5

text

#161415

muted

#848384

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCBED8

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

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