#DCD5E5#DCD5E5

#DCD5E5 is a very light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.685; OKLCH L 88.3% C 0.023 H 305.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD5E5
RGB	rgb(220, 213, 229)
HSL	hsl(266, 24%, 87%)
HSV	hsv(266, 7%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.9%, 7%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.24, 5.31, -7.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.24, 8.78, 307.19°)
OKLab	oklab(88.33% 0.0133 -0.0187)
OKLCH	oklch(88.33% 0.023 305.6)
XYZ	xyz(67.4499, 68.4614, 83.7745)
Luminance	0.6846 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD5E5 #DEE5D5

analogous

#D5D6E5 #DCD5E5 #E4D5E5

triadic

#DCD5E5 #E5DCD5 #D5E5DC

tetradic

#DCD5E5 #E5D5D6 #DEE5D5 #D5E5E4

square

#DCD5E5 #E5D5D6 #DEE5D5 #D5E5E4

split-complementary

#DCD5E5 #E5E4D5 #D6E5D5

monochromatic

#9D89B6 #BDAFCE #DCD5E5 #EFECF3 #EFECF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#DCD5E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.69

#DCD5E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD5E5

14.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD5E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD5E5	1.00	1.43	14.69	14.69
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3D7E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4D8E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBD7DA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd5e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 213, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.3% 0.023 305.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6e1ed',
    500: '#dcd5e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd5e5;
$custom-light: #e6e1ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd5e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.25,
    "s": 23.529,
    "l": 86.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88333,
    "c": 0.02294,
    "h": 305.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.68461
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD5E5

secondary

#B1BCA2

accent

#A24479

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FCFCFD

border

#D5D5D5

text

#161516

muted

#848484

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD5E5

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

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