#DCD8E7#DCD8E7

#DCD8E7 is a very light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.701; OKLCH L 89.0% C 0.021 H 298.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD8E7
RGB	rgb(220, 216, 231)
HSL	hsl(256, 24%, 88%)
HSV	hsv(256, 6%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.8%, 6.5%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.04, 4.11, -6.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.04, 8.00, 300.94°)
OKLab	oklab(88.98% 0.0098 -0.0183)
OKLCH	oklch(88.98% 0.021 298.2)
XYZ	xyz(68.4923, 70.0968, 85.5075)
Luminance	0.7010 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD8E7 #E3E7D8

analogous

#D8DBE7 #DCD8E7 #E3D8E7

triadic

#DCD8E7 #E7DCD8 #D8E7DC

tetradic

#DCD8E7 #E7D8DB #E3E7D8 #D8E7E3

square

#DCD8E7 #E7D8DB #E3E7D8 #D8E7E3

split-complementary

#DCD8E7 #E7E3D8 #DBE7D8

monochromatic

#988CB8 #BAB2D0 #DCD8E7 #EEECF3 #EEECF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#DCD8E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.02

#DCD8E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD8E7

15.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD8E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD8E7	1.00	1.40	15.02	15.02
#FFFFFF	1.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5DAE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6DAE7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DADADD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd8e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 216, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.0% 0.021 298.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6e4ee',
    500: '#dcd8e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd8e7;
$custom-light: #e6e4ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd8e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256,
    "s": 23.81,
    "l": 87.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88984,
    "c": 0.02077,
    "h": 298.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.70097
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD8E7

secondary

#B8BFA5

accent

#A24389

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FCFCFE

border

#D5D5D6

text

#161516

muted

#848485

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD8E7

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

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