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Named color

Powder Lavender

Powder Lavender is a light and pastel purple color with HEX #DCD0FF. According to Colors Encyclopedia, it has RGB 220, 208, 255, HSL 255, 100%, 91%, cool temperature, and is useful for soft UI backgrounds, pastel palettes, and gentle product design.

#DCD0FF purple cool lightpastel
HEX #DCD0FF
RGB rgb(220, 208, 255)
HSL hsl(255 100% 91%)
CMYK cmyk(14, 18, 0, 0)
Luminance 0.6755
Contrast Black 14.51:1White 1.45:1

CSS Utilities

--color-powder-lavender: #DCD0FF;
.bg-powder-lavender { background-color: #DCD0FF; }
.text-powder-lavender { color: #DCD0FF; }
Open CSS utility pageReusable variables, classes, examples, and implementation notes

Machine-readable data

Machine-Readable Color Data (JSON)

Perfect for CSS, design systems, automation, and AI ingestion.

AI-Ready Dataset v1.0.0
Luminance0.6755
Black text14.51:1AA Pass
White text1.45:1AA Fail
hexCanonical HEX value
rgbRed, green, blue channels
hslHue, saturation, lightness
cmykApproximate print conversion
wcagAA and AAA contrast options
harmoniesMathematical harmony sets
variantsGenerated tone variants
nearestColorsKnowledge graph neighbors
Download JSON Open API
Structured sections
Color systems
{
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    255
  ],
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    100,
    91
  ],
  "cmyk": [
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    0,
    0
  ],
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  "contrast": {
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  }
}
WCAG
{
  "AA": [
    "#000000",
    "#1A1A1A",
    "#36454F"
  ],
  "AAA": [
    "#000000",
    "#1A1A1A"
  ]
}
Harmonies
{
  "complementary": "#F4FFD1",
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    "#D1DDFF",
    "#F4D1FF"
  ],
  "triadic": [
    "#FFDDD1",
    "#D1FFDD"
  ],
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    "#F4FFD1",
    "#D1FFF4"
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    "#DDFFD1"
  ],
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    "#DCD0FF",
    "#9875FF"
  ]
}
Variants
{
  "light": "#FFFFFF",
  "dark": "#9875FF",
  "saturated": "#DDD1FF",
  "desaturated": "#DFD6FA",
  "pastel": "#FFFFFF",
  "neon": "#FBFAFF"
}
Pairings
{
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    "#D1DDFF",
    "#F4D1FF"
  ],
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    "#FFFFFF"
  ],
  "neutral": [
    "#1A1A1A",
    "#F5F5F5",
    "#E8E8E4"
  ],
  "highContrast": [
    "#000000"
  ],
  "lowContrast": [
    "#FFFFFF",
    "#DFD6FA"
  ]
}
Knowledge graph
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}
Full JSON dataset 
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  "name": "Powder Lavender",
  "hex": "#DCD0FF",
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    "pastel palettes",
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  ],
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      "care",
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    ],
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      "wellness",
      "beauty",
      "children products",
      "lifestyle"
    ],
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      "high-contrast operational alerts"
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  "sourceType": "curated",
  "confidence": "medium",
  "reviewStatus": "manual",
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  "origin": {
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  },
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}
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Color meaning and use

About Powder Lavender Color

Powder Lavender sits in the purple family with cool temperature and light and pastel visual character. Powder Lavender is a commonly used color name in design references, palettes, and editorial color systems.

Its common associations include softness, care, and lightness, which makes it relevant for wellness and beauty. In design work, Powder Lavender is most useful for soft ui backgrounds, pastel palettes, and gentle product design, especially when paired with black text for stronger contrast.

Related Color Guides

Purple color familyBrowse named purple colors and compare nearby swatches.Cool colorsExplore colors with cool temperature behavior.Light colorsFind colors with light visual character.Pastel colorsFind colors with pastel visual character.Powder Lavender accessibilityCheck contrast and WCAG text options for #DCD0FF.Powder Lavender CSS utilitiesUse Powder Lavender in CSS variables and utility classes.#DCD0FF HEX atlasOpen the permanent HEX atlas record for conversions and variants.Powder Lavender paletteOpen the generated palette based on Powder Lavender.Powder Lavender harmoniesExplore complementary, analogous, triadic, and tetradic harmonies.

WCAG Accessibility

Contrast checks for Powder Lavender against black and white text.

Black text14.51:1AA Pass
White text1.45:1AA Fail
AA text options#000000, #1A1A1A, #36454F
AAA text options#000000, #1A1A1A
Open WCAG pageDetailed contrast notes, warnings, alternatives, and UI examples

Similar Colors

Periwinkle#CCCCFF
Lavender#E6E6FA
Milk Blue#D6EAF8
Arctic Blue#C6E6FB
Moonstone#D9E6E8

Color Harmonies

#F4FFD1#F4FFD1
#D1DDFF#D1DDFF
#F4D1FF#F4D1FF
#FFDDD1#FFDDD1
#D1FFDD#D1FFDD
Open full Powder Lavender harmony pageComplementary, analogous, triadic, tetradic, split, and monochromatic sets

Variants

White#FFFFFF
#9875FF#9875FF
#DDD1FF#DDD1FF
#DFD6FA#DFD6FA
White#FFFFFF
#FBFAFF#FBFAFF

Pairings

Black#000000
#F4FFD1#F4FFD1
#D1DDFF#D1DDFF
#F4D1FF#F4D1FF
Matte Black#1A1A1A
White Smoke#F5F5F5