#DCD5E4#DCD5E4

#DCD5E4 is a very light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.684; OKLCH L 88.3% C 0.022 H 306.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD5E4
RGB	rgb(220, 213, 228)
HSL	hsl(268, 22%, 86%)
HSV	hsv(268, 7%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.5%, 6.6%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.21, 5.12, -6.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.21, 8.28, 308.19°)
OKLab	oklab(88.3% 0.013 -0.0173)
OKLCH	oklch(88.3% 0.022 306.8)
XYZ	xyz(67.3106, 68.4057, 83.0413)
Luminance	0.6841 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD5E4 #DDE4D5

analogous

#D5D6E4 #DCD5E4 #E4D5E4

triadic

#DCD5E4 #E4DCD5 #D5E4DC

tetradic

#DCD5E4 #E4D5D6 #DDE4D5 #D5E4E4

square

#DCD5E4 #E4D5D6 #DDE4D5 #D5E4E4

split-complementary

#DCD5E4 #E4E4D5 #D6E4D5

monochromatic

#9E8AB4 #BDB0CC #DCD5E4 #EFECF3 #EFECF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#DCD5E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.68

#DCD5E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD5E4

14.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD5E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD5E4	1.00	1.43	14.68	14.68
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3D7E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4D8E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBD7DA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd5e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 213, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.3% 0.022 306.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6e1ec',
    500: '#dcd5e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd5e4;
$custom-light: #e6e1ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd5e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268,
    "s": 21.739,
    "l": 86.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88302,
    "c": 0.02166,
    "h": 306.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.68406
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD5E4

secondary

#AFBBA2

accent

#A04576

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FCFCFD

border

#D5D5D5

text

#161516

muted

#848484

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD5E4

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

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