#DCDAE4#DCDAE4

#DCDAE4 is a very light, near-neutral violet. Relative luminance 0.710; OKLCH L 89.3% C 0.014 H 295.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCDAE4
RGB	rgb(220, 218, 228)
HSL	hsl(252, 16%, 87%)
HSV	hsv(252, 4%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.5%, 4.4%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.47, 2.50, -4.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.47, 5.28, 298.29°)
OKLab	oklab(89.29% 0.0059 -0.0124)
OKLCH	oklch(89.29% 0.014 295.3)
XYZ	xyz(68.5877, 70.9598, 83.4670)
Luminance	0.7096 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCDAE4 #E2E4DA

analogous

#DADDE4 #DCDAE4 #E1DAE4

triadic

#DCDAE4 #E4DCDA #DAE4DC

tetradic

#DCDAE4 #E4DADD #E2E4DA #DAE4E1

square

#DCDAE4 #E4DADD #E2E4DA #DAE4E1

split-complementary

#DCDAE4 #E4E1DA #DDE4DA

monochromatic

#9993B0 #BBB7CA #DCDAE4 #EEEDF2 #EEEDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#DCDAE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.19

#DCDAE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCDAE4

15.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCDAE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCDAE4	1.00	1.38	15.19	15.19
#FFFFFF	1.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8DBE4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8DBE4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBDBDD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcdae4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 218, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.3% 0.014 295.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6e5ec',
    500: '#dcdae4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcdae4;
$custom-light: #e6e5ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcdae4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252,
    "s": 15.625,
    "l": 87.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89287,
    "c": 0.0137,
    "h": 295.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.7096
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCDAE4

secondary

#B6BAA9

accent

#9A4C8A

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FCFCFD

border

#D5D5D5

text

#161516

muted

#848484

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCDAE4

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

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