HEX atlas value

#DCD0FF

#DCD0FF is a cool purple HEX color nearest Powder Lavender. RGB 220, 208, 255, HSL 255° 100% 91%, luminance 0.6755; view contrast and conversions.

purple cool light pastel

#DCD0FF Sample readable text

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

--color-dcd0ff: #DCD0FF;
.background-dcd0ff { background-color: #DCD0FF; }
.text-dcd0ff { color: #DCD0FF; }

HEX meaning and use

About #DCD0FF

#DCD0FF is classified as a cool purple value with light and pastel visual character. #DCD0FF is visually closest to Powder Lavender, a named purple color with HEX #DCD0FF.

The RGB channels are 220, 208, and 255, with blue carrying the strongest channel weight. In HSL, the hue is 255deg with 100% saturation and 91% lightness, so this page treats it as a high-saturation, light atlas color rather than a generic swatch.

Practical uses for this HEX value include color conversion, WCAG contrast checks, CSS color tokens, and soft UI backgrounds. Its luminance is 0.6755, black text provides the stronger contrast for readable interface or documentation use, and Its nearest named-color distance is 0.00, which helps separate this atlas value from adjacent named color records.

WCAG Accessibility

Black text14.51:1AA Pass

White text1.45:1AA Fail

AA text options: #000000, #1A1A1A, #36454F.

AAA text options: #000000, #1A1A1A.

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Use these pairings when #DCD0FF needs readable text, badges, interface states, or nearby accessible alternatives.

Black text#00000014.51:1 · AAA

White text#FFFFFF1.45:1 · Fail

Accessible Alternatives

White#FFFFFF · #000000 text · best 21:1 #F4FFD1#F4FFD1 · #000000 text · best 20.07:1 Lavender#E6E6FA · #000000 text · best 17.06:1 Milk Blue#D6EAF8 · #000000 text · best 16.98:1 Arctic Blue#C6E6FB · #000000 text · best 16.11:1

Generated Palette

Powder Lavender#DCD0FF

#F4FFD1#F4FFD1

#D1DDFF#D1DDFF

#F4D1FF#F4D1FF

White#FFFFFF

#9875FF#9875FF

Color Harmonies

#F4FFD1#F4FFD1

#D1DDFF#D1DDFF

#F4D1FF#F4D1FF

#FFDDD1#FFDDD1

#D1FFDD#D1FFDD

Variants

White#FFFFFF

#9875FF#9875FF

#DDD1FF#DDD1FF

#DFD6FA#DFD6FA

White#FFFFFF

#FBFAFF#FBFAFF

Nearest Named Colors

Powder Lavender#DCD0FF

Periwinkle#CCCCFF

Lavender#E6E6FA

Milk Blue#D6EAF8

Arctic Blue#C6E6FB

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

Structured sections

Color systems

{"hex":"#DCD0FF","rgb":[220,208,255],"hsl":[255,100,91],"cmyk":[14,18,0,0],"luminance":0.6755,"contrast":{"black":14.51,"white":1.45}}

WCAG

{"AA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"AAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]}

Safe pairings

[{"name":"Black text","hex":"#000000","contrast":14.51,"wcagAA":true,"wcagAAA":true},{"name":"White text","hex":"#FFFFFF","contrast":1.45,"wcagAA":false,"wcagAAA":false}]

Accessible alternatives

[{"name":"White","hex":"#FFFFFF","family":"gray","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":21,"contrastWhite":1,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"#F4FFD1","hex":"#F4FFD1","family":"green","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":20.07,"contrastWhite":1.05,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"Lavender","hex":"#E6E6FA","family":"blue","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":17.06,"contrastWhite":1.23,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"Milk Blue","hex":"#D6EAF8","family":"blue","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":16.98,"contrastWhite":1.24,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"Arctic Blue","hex":"#C6E6FB","family":"blue","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":16.11,"contrastWhite":1.3,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]}]

AI context

{"semanticGroups":["cool purple","light","pastel","light purple","pastel purple","Powder Lavender adjacent"],"useCases":["color conversion","WCAG contrast checks","CSS color tokens","soft UI backgrounds","light surfaces"],"contrastSafeWith":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"relatedEndpoints":["https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex/dcd0ff.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/powder-lavender.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/periwinkle.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/lavender.json"]}

Harmonies

{"complementary":"#F4FFD1","analogous":["#D1DDFF","#F4D1FF"],"triadic":["#FFDDD1","#D1FFDD"],"tetradic":["#FFD1DD","#F4FFD1","#D1FFF4"],"splitComplementary":["#FFF4D1","#DDFFD1"],"monochromatic":["#FFFFFF","#DCD0FF","#9875FF"]}

Variants

{"light":"#FFFFFF","dark":"#9875FF","saturated":"#DDD1FF","desaturated":"#DFD6FA","pastel":"#FFFFFF","neon":"#FBFAFF"}

Nearest named colors

[{"slug":"powder-lavender","name":"Powder Lavender","hex":"#DCD0FF","distance":0},{"slug":"periwinkle","name":"Periwinkle","hex":"#CCCCFF","distance":16.492422502470642},{"slug":"lavender","name":"Lavender","hex":"#E6E6FA","distance":24.677925358506133},{"slug":"milk-blue","name":"Milk Blue","hex":"#D6EAF8","distance":27.586228448267445},{"slug":"arctic-blue","name":"Arctic Blue","hex":"#C6E6FB","distance":31.368774282716245}]

#DCD0FF

CSS

About #DCD0FF

WCAG Accessibility

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Accessible Alternatives

Generated Palette

Color Harmonies

Variants

Nearest Named Colors

Machine-Readable HEX Data (JSON)

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