#DCDAE5#DCDAE5

#DCDAE5 is a very light, near-neutral violet. Relative luminance 0.710; OKLCH L 89.3% C 0.015 H 294.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCDAE5
RGB	rgb(220, 218, 229)
HSL	hsl(251, 17%, 88%)
HSV	hsv(251, 5%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.9%, 4.8%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.49, 2.69, -5.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.49, 5.80, 297.63°)
OKLab	oklab(89.32% 0.0062 -0.0137)
OKLCH	oklch(89.32% 0.015 294.5)
XYZ	xyz(68.7269, 71.0155, 84.2002)
Luminance	0.7102 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCDAE5 #E3E5DA

analogous

#DADDE5 #DCDAE5 #E1DAE5

triadic

#DCDAE5 #E5DCDA #DAE5DC

tetradic

#DCDAE5 #E5DADD #E3E5DA #DAE5E1

square

#DCDAE5 #E5DADD #E3E5DA #DAE5E1

split-complementary

#DCDAE5 #E5E1DA #DDE5DA

monochromatic

#9892B2 #BAB6CC #DCDAE5 #EEEDF2 #EEEDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#DCDAE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.20

#DCDAE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCDAE5

15.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCDAE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCDAE5	1.00	1.38	15.20	15.20
#FFFFFF	1.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8DBE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8DBE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DADCDD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcdae5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 218, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.3% 0.015 294.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6e5ed',
    500: '#dcdae5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcdae5;
$custom-light: #e6e5ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcdae5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.909,
    "s": 17.46,
    "l": 87.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89317,
    "c": 0.01505,
    "h": 294.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.71016
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCDAE5

secondary

#B8BBA8

accent

#9C4A8D

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FCFCFD

border

#D5D5D5

text

#161516

muted

#848484

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCDAE5

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

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