#DCD8E0#DCD8E0

#DCD8E0 is a very light, near-neutral violet. Relative luminance 0.697; OKLCH L 88.8% C 0.012 H 308.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD8E0
RGB	rgb(220, 216, 224)
HSL	hsl(270, 11%, 86%)
HSV	hsv(270, 4%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.8%, 3.6%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.85, 2.81, -3.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.85, 4.44, 309.22°)
OKLab	oklab(88.77% 0.0072 -0.0091)
OKLCH	oklch(88.77% 0.012 308.3)
XYZ	xyz(67.5233, 69.7093, 80.4045)
Luminance	0.6971 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD8E0 #DCE0D8

analogous

#D8D8E0 #DCD8E0 #E0D8E0

triadic

#DCD8E0 #E0DCD8 #D8E0DC

tetradic

#DCD8E0 #E0D8D8 #DCE0D8 #D8E0E0

square

#DCD8E0 #E0D8D8 #DCE0D8 #D8E0E0

split-complementary

#DCD8E0 #E0E0D8 #D8E0D8

monochromatic

#9F94AA #BDB6C5 #DCD8E0 #F0EEF1 #F0EEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#DCD8E0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.94

#DCD8E0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD8E0

14.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD8E0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD8E0	1.00	1.41	14.94	14.94
#FFFFFF	1.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7D9E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8DAE0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCD9DA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd8e0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 216, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.8% 0.012 308.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6e4e9',
    500: '#dcd8e0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd8e0;
$custom-light: #e6e4e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd8e0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 11.429,
    "l": 86.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88772,
    "c": 0.01163,
    "h": 308.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.69709
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD8E0

secondary

#AEB5A8

accent

#965073

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FCFCFC

border

#D5D5D5

text

#161516

muted

#848484

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD8E0

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

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