#DCD9EB#DCD9EB

#DCD9EB is a very light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.708; OKLCH L 89.3% C 0.025 H 293.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD9EB
RGB	rgb(220, 217, 235)
HSL	hsl(250, 31%, 89%)
HSV	hsv(250, 8%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.4%, 7.7%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.41, 4.35, -8.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.41, 9.49, 297.28°)
OKLab	oklab(89.31% 0.0098 -0.0226)
OKLCH	oklch(89.31% 0.025 293.6)
XYZ	xyz(69.3206, 70.8393, 88.6025)
Luminance	0.7084 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD9EB #E8EBD9

analogous

#D9DFEB #DCD9EB #E5D9EB

triadic

#DCD9EB #EBDCD9 #D9EBDC

tetradic

#DCD9EB #EBD9DF #E8EBD9 #D9EBE5

square

#DCD9EB #EBD9DF #E8EBD9 #D9EBE5

split-complementary

#DCD9EB #EBE5D9 #DFEBD9

monochromatic

#9289C1 #B7B1D6 #DCD9EB #EDEBF4 #EDEBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#DCD9EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.17

#DCD9EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD9EB

15.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD9EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD9EB	1.00	1.38	15.17	15.17
#FFFFFF	1.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6DBEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6DBEA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9DCDF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd9eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 217, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.3% 0.025 293.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6e4f1',
    500: '#dcd9eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd9eb;
$custom-light: #e6e4f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd9eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250,
    "s": 31.034,
    "l": 88.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89305,
    "c": 0.02462,
    "h": 293.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.7084
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD9EB

secondary

#BFC4A4

accent

#AA3C97

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FCFCFE

border

#D5D5D6

text

#161516

muted

#848485

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD9EB

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

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