#DCD8ED#DCD8ED

#DCD8ED is a very light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.704; OKLCH L 89.2% C 0.029 H 294.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD8ED
RGB	rgb(220, 216, 237)
HSL	hsl(251, 37%, 89%)
HSV	hsv(251, 9%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.2%, 8.9%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.21, 5.26, -9.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.21, 11.10, 298.27°)
OKLab	oklab(89.17% 0.012 -0.0262)
OKLCH	oklch(89.17% 0.029 294.5)
XYZ	xyz(69.3542, 70.4416, 90.0472)
Luminance	0.7044 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD8ED #E9EDD8

analogous

#D8DFED #DCD8ED #E7D8ED

triadic

#DCD8ED #EDDCD8 #D8EDDC

tetradic

#DCD8ED #EDD8DF #E9EDD8 #D8EDE7

square

#DCD8ED #EDD8DF #E9EDD8 #D8EDE7

split-complementary

#DCD8ED #EDE7D8 #DFEDD8

monochromatic

#9184C6 #B6AEDA #DCD8ED #ECEAF5 #ECEAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.39

#DCD8ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.09

#DCD8ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD8ED

15.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD8ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD8ED	1.00	1.39	15.09	15.09
#FFFFFF	1.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4DBEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4DAEC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9DBDF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd8ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 216, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.2% 0.029 294.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6e4f2',
    500: '#dcd8ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd8ed;
$custom-light: #e6e4f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd8ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.429,
    "s": 36.842,
    "l": 88.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89172,
    "c": 0.02881,
    "h": 294.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.70442
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD8ED

secondary

#C0C8A1

accent

#B03699

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FCFCFE

border

#D5D5D6

text

#161517

muted

#848485

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD8ED

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

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