#DCD8E6#DCD8E6

#DCD8E6 is a very light, near-neutral violet. Relative luminance 0.700; OKLCH L 89.0% C 0.019 H 299.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD8E6
RGB	rgb(220, 216, 230)
HSL	hsl(257, 22%, 87%)
HSV	hsv(257, 6%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.3%, 6.1%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.02, 3.92, -6.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.02, 7.48, 301.62°)
OKLab	oklab(88.95% 0.0094 -0.017)
OKLCH	oklch(88.95% 0.019 299)
XYZ	xyz(68.3514, 70.0405, 84.7658)
Luminance	0.7004 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD8E6 #E2E6D8

analogous

#D8DBE6 #DCD8E6 #E3D8E6

triadic

#DCD8E6 #E6DCD8 #D8E6DC

tetradic

#DCD8E6 #E6D8DB #E2E6D8 #D8E6E3

square

#DCD8E6 #E6D8DB #E2E6D8 #D8E6E3

split-complementary

#DCD8E6 #E6E3D8 #DBE6D8

monochromatic

#998DB6 #BBB3CE #DCD8E6 #EEECF3 #EEECF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#DCD8E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.01

#DCD8E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD8E6

15.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD8E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD8E6	1.00	1.40	15.01	15.01
#FFFFFF	1.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6DAE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6DAE6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DADADC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd8e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 216, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.0% 0.019 299.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6e4ed',
    500: '#dcd8e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd8e6;
$custom-light: #e6e4ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd8e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.143,
    "s": 21.875,
    "l": 87.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88953,
    "c": 0.01943,
    "h": 299
  },
  "luminance": 0.70041
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD8E6

secondary

#B6BDA5

accent

#A04586

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FCFCFD

border

#D5D5D5

text

#161516

muted

#848484

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD8E6

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

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