#DCD8E4#DCD8E4

#DCD8E4 is a very light, near-neutral violet. Relative luminance 0.699; OKLCH L 88.9% C 0.017 H 301.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD8E4
RGB	rgb(220, 216, 228)
HSL	hsl(260, 18%, 87%)
HSV	hsv(260, 5%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.5%, 5.3%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.96, 3.55, -5.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.96, 6.46, 303.33°)
OKLab	oklab(88.89% 0.0087 -0.0144)
OKLCH	oklch(88.89% 0.017 301.2)
XYZ	xyz(68.0722, 69.9288, 83.2952)
Luminance	0.6993 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD8E4 #E0E4D8

analogous

#D8DAE4 #DCD8E4 #E2D8E4

triadic

#DCD8E4 #E4DCD8 #D8E4DC

tetradic

#DCD8E4 #E4D8DA #E0E4D8 #D8E4E2

square

#DCD8E4 #E4D8DA #E0E4D8 #D8E4E2

split-complementary

#DCD8E4 #E4E2D8 #DAE4D8

monochromatic

#9B90B2 #BCB4CB #DCD8E4 #EFEDF2 #EFEDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#DCD8E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.99

#DCD8E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD8E4

14.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD8E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD8E4	1.00	1.40	14.99	14.99
#FFFFFF	1.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6DAE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7DAE4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBDADC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd8e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 216, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.9% 0.017 301.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6e4ec',
    500: '#dcd8e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd8e4;
$custom-light: #e6e4ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd8e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260,
    "s": 18.182,
    "l": 87.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88892,
    "c": 0.0168,
    "h": 301.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.69929
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD8E4

secondary

#B3BAA6

accent

#9C4981

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FCFCFD

border

#D5D5D5

text

#161516

muted

#848484

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD8E4

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

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