#DCD8EA#DCD8EA

#DCD8EA is a very light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.703; OKLCH L 89.1% C 0.025 H 296.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD8EA
RGB	rgb(220, 216, 234)
HSL	hsl(253, 30%, 88%)
HSV	hsv(253, 8%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(6%, 7.7%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.13, 4.68, -8.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.13, 9.55, 299.37°)
OKLab	oklab(89.08% 0.0109 -0.0223)
OKLCH	oklch(89.08% 0.025 296.1)
XYZ	xyz(68.9196, 70.2678, 87.7581)
Luminance	0.7027 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD8EA #E6EAD8

analogous

#D8DDEA #DCD8EA #E5D8EA

triadic

#DCD8EA #EADCD8 #D8EADC

tetradic

#DCD8EA #EAD8DD #E6EAD8 #D8EAE5

square

#DCD8EA #EAD8DD #E6EAD8 #D8EAE5

split-complementary

#DCD8EA #EAE5D8 #DDEAD8

monochromatic

#9588BF #B8B0D5 #DCD8EA #EDEBF4 #EDEBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#DCD8EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.05

#DCD8EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD8EA

15.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD8EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD8EA	1.00	1.40	15.05	15.05
#FFFFFF	1.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5DAEB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5DAE9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DADADE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd8ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 216, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.1% 0.025 296.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6e4f0',
    500: '#dcd8ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd8ea;
$custom-light: #e6e4f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd8ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.333,
    "s": 30,
    "l": 88.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89077,
    "c": 0.02478,
    "h": 296.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.70268
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD8EA

secondary

#BCC3A3

accent

#A93D91

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FCFCFE

border

#D5D5D6

text

#161516

muted

#848485

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD8EA

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

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