#DCBEE9#DCBEE9

#DCBEE9 is a very light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.579; OKLCH L 84.1% C 0.067 H 315.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCBEE9
RGB	rgb(220, 190, 233)
HSL	hsl(282, 49%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(282, 18%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.6%, 18.5%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.70, 18.30, -17.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.70, 25.26, 316.45°)
OKLab	oklab(84.06% 0.048 -0.0469)
OKLCH	oklch(84.06% 0.067 315.6)
XYZ	xyz(62.6343, 57.9265, 84.9563)
Luminance	0.5793 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCBEE9 #CBE9BE

analogous

#C6BEE9 #DCBEE9 #E9BEE0

triadic

#DCBEE9 #E9DCBE #BEE9DC

tetradic

#DCBEE9 #E9C6BE #CBE9BE #BEE0E9

square

#DCBEE9 #E9C6BE #CBE9BE #BEE0E9

split-complementary

#DCBEE9 #E0E9BE #BEE9C6

monochromatic

#AB63CA #C390DA #DCBEE9 #F3E8F7 #F3E8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#DCBEE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.59

#DCBEE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCBEE9

12.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCBEE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCBEE9	1.00	1.67	12.59	12.59
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9C6EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFC9E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCC3CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcbee9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 190, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.1% 0.067 315.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7d1f0',
    500: '#dcbee9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcbee9;
$custom-light: #e7d1f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcbee9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.86,
    "s": 49.425,
    "l": 82.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84064,
    "c": 0.06712,
    "h": 315.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.57926
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCBEE9

secondary

#99C587

accent

#BD2955

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FCFBFE

border

#D5D4D6

text

#161416

muted

#848385

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCBEE9

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

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