#DCBEE7#DCBEE7

#DCBEE7 is a very light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.578; OKLCH L 84.0% C 0.065 H 317.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCBEE7
RGB	rgb(220, 190, 231)
HSL	hsl(284, 46%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(284, 18%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.8%, 17.7%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.63, 17.92, -16.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.63, 24.31, 317.49°)
OKLab	oklab(83.99% 0.0473 -0.0442)
OKLCH	oklch(83.99% 0.065 317)
XYZ	xyz(62.3503, 57.8128, 83.4602)
Luminance	0.5781 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCBEE7 #C9E7BE

analogous

#C7BEE7 #DCBEE7 #E7BEDE

triadic

#DCBEE7 #E7DCBE #BEE7DC

tetradic

#DCBEE7 #E7C7BE #C9E7BE #BEDEE7

square

#DCBEE7 #E7C7BE #C9E7BE #BEDEE7

split-complementary

#DCBEE7 #DEE7BE #BEE7C7

monochromatic

#AC65C6 #C491D6 #DCBEE7 #F3E9F7 #F3E9F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#DCBEE7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.56

#DCBEE7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCBEE7

12.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCBEE7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCBEE7	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)

#B9C6E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFC9E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCC2CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcbee7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 190, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.0% 0.065 317.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7d1ee',
    500: '#dcbee7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcbee7;
$custom-light: #e7d1ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcbee7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.902,
    "s": 46.067,
    "l": 82.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83994,
    "c": 0.06478,
    "h": 317
  },
  "luminance": 0.57812
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCBEE7

secondary

#97C287

accent

#B92C52

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FCFBFE

border

#D5D4D6

text

#161416

muted

#848385

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCBEE7

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

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