#DCD8EC#DCD8EC

#DCD8EC is a very light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.704; OKLCH L 89.1% C 0.027 H 295.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD8EC
RGB	rgb(220, 216, 236)
HSL	hsl(252, 34%, 89%)
HSV	hsv(252, 8%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.8%, 8.5%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.18, 5.06, -9.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.18, 10.58, 298.59°)
OKLab	oklab(89.14% 0.0116 -0.0249)
OKLCH	oklch(89.14% 0.027 295)
XYZ	xyz(69.2085, 70.3833, 89.2799)
Luminance	0.7038 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD8EC #E8ECD8

analogous

#D8DEEC #DCD8EC #E6D8EC

triadic

#DCD8EC #ECDCD8 #D8ECDC

tetradic

#DCD8EC #ECD8DE #E8ECD8 #D8ECE6

square

#DCD8EC #ECD8DE #E8ECD8 #D8ECE6

split-complementary

#DCD8EC #ECE6D8 #DEECD8

monochromatic

#9286C4 #B7AFD8 #DCD8EC #EDEAF5 #EDEAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.39

#DCD8EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.08

#DCD8EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD8EC

15.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD8EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD8EC	1.00	1.39	15.08	15.08
#FFFFFF	1.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4DBED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5DAEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9DBDE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd8ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 216, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.1% 0.027 295.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6e4f2',
    500: '#dcd8ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd8ec;
$custom-light: #e6e4f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd8ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252,
    "s": 34.483,
    "l": 88.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8914,
    "c": 0.02746,
    "h": 295
  },
  "luminance": 0.70384
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD8EC

secondary

#BFC6A2

accent

#AD3896

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FCFCFE

border

#D5D5D6

text

#161516

muted

#848485

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD8EC

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

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