#DCD9E4#DCD9E4

#DCD9E4 is a very light, near-neutral violet. Relative luminance 0.704; OKLCH L 89.1% C 0.015 H 298.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD9E4
RGB	rgb(220, 217, 228)
HSL	hsl(256, 17%, 87%)
HSV	hsv(256, 5%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.5%, 4.8%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.21, 3.03, -5.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.21, 5.86, 301.06°)
OKLab	oklab(89.09% 0.0073 -0.0134)
OKLCH	oklch(89.09% 0.015 298.6)
XYZ	xyz(68.3292, 70.4427, 83.3808)
Luminance	0.7044 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD9E4 #E1E4D9

analogous

#D9DCE4 #DCD9E4 #E2D9E4

triadic

#DCD9E4 #E4DCD9 #D9E4DC

tetradic

#DCD9E4 #E4D9DC #E1E4D9 #D9E4E2

square

#DCD9E4 #E4D9DC #E1E4D9 #D9E4E2

split-complementary

#DCD9E4 #E4E2D9 #DCE4D9

monochromatic

#9A91B1 #BBB5CB #DCD9E4 #EFEDF2 #EFEDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.39

#DCD9E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.09

#DCD9E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD9E4

15.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD9E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD9E4	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)

#D7DAE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8DAE4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBDADC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd9e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 217, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.1% 0.015 298.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6e4ec',
    500: '#dcd9e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd9e4;
$custom-light: #e6e4ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd9e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.364,
    "s": 16.923,
    "l": 87.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89089,
    "c": 0.01523,
    "h": 298.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.70443
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD9E4

secondary

#B5BAA7

accent

#9B4A85

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FCFCFD

border

#D5D5D5

text

#161516

muted

#848484

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD9E4

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

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