#DCD8EF#DCD8EF

#DCD8EF is a very light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.706; OKLCH L 89.2% C 0.032 H 293.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD8EF
RGB	rgb(220, 216, 239)
HSL	hsl(250, 42%, 89%)
HSV	hsv(250, 10%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.9%, 9.6%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.27, 5.64, -10.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.27, 12.14, 297.71°)
OKLab	oklab(89.24% 0.0127 -0.0288)
OKLCH	oklch(89.24% 0.032 293.7)
XYZ	xyz(69.6481, 70.5591, 91.5946)
Luminance	0.7056 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD8EF #EBEFD8

analogous

#D8E0EF #DCD8EF #E8D8EF

triadic

#DCD8EF #EFDCD8 #D8EFDC

tetradic

#DCD8EF #EFD8E0 #EBEFD8 #D8EFE8

square

#DCD8EF #EFD8E0 #EBEFD8 #D8EFE8

split-complementary

#DCD8EF #EFE8D8 #E0EFD8

monochromatic

#8E81CB #B5ADDD #DCD8EF #ECE9F6 #ECE9F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.39

#DCD8EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.11

#DCD8EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD8EF

15.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD8EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD8EF	1.00	1.39	15.11	15.11
#FFFFFF	1.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4DBF0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4DAEE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9DBDF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd8ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 216, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.2% 0.032 293.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7e4f4',
    500: '#dcd8ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd8ef;
$custom-light: #e7e4f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd8ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.435,
    "s": 41.818,
    "l": 89.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89236,
    "c": 0.03151,
    "h": 293.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.70559
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD8EF

secondary

#C4CBA0

accent

#B5319E

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FCFCFE

border

#D5D5D6

text

#161517

muted

#848485

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD8EF

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

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