#DCD8EB#DCD8EB

#DCD8EB is a very light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.703; OKLCH L 89.1% C 0.026 H 295.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD8EB
RGB	rgb(220, 216, 235)
HSL	hsl(253, 32%, 88%)
HSV	hsv(253, 8%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.4%, 8.1%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.16, 4.87, -8.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.16, 10.06, 298.96°)
OKLab	oklab(89.11% 0.0113 -0.0236)
OKLCH	oklch(89.11% 0.026 295.5)
XYZ	xyz(69.0637, 70.3254, 88.5169)
Luminance	0.7033 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD8EB #E7EBD8

analogous

#D8DDEB #DCD8EB #E5D8EB

triadic

#DCD8EB #EBDCD8 #D8EBDC

tetradic

#DCD8EB #EBD8DD #E7EBD8 #D8EBE5

square

#DCD8EB #EBD8DD #E7EBD8 #D8EBE5

split-complementary

#DCD8EB #EBE5D8 #DDEBD8

monochromatic

#9387C2 #B8B0D6 #DCD8EB #EDEBF5 #EDEBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.39

#DCD8EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.07

#DCD8EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD8EB

15.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD8EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD8EB	1.00	1.39	15.07	15.07
#FFFFFF	1.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4DAEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5DAEA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9DBDE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd8eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 216, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.1% 0.026 295.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6e4f1',
    500: '#dcd8eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd8eb;
$custom-light: #e6e4f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd8eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.632,
    "s": 32.203,
    "l": 88.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89108,
    "c": 0.02612,
    "h": 295.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.70326
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD8EB

secondary

#BDC5A3

accent

#AB3B93

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FCFCFE

border

#D5D5D6

text

#161516

muted

#848485

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD8EB

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

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