#CEC4E4#CEC4E4

#CEC4E4 is a very light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.582; OKLCH L 83.9% C 0.045 H 299.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC4E4
RGB	rgb(206, 196, 228)
HSL	hsl(259, 37%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(259, 14%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.6%, 14%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.85, 9.53, -14.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.85, 17.44, 303.11°)
OKLab	oklab(83.85% 0.0225 -0.0394)
OKLCH	oklch(83.85% 0.045 299.7)
XYZ	xyz(59.1944, 58.2030, 81.4995)
Luminance	0.5820 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC4E4 #DAE4C4

analogous

#C4CAE4 #CEC4E4 #DEC4E4

triadic

#CEC4E4 #E4CEC4 #C4E4CE

tetradic

#CEC4E4 #E4C4CA #DAE4C4 #C4E4DE

square

#CEC4E4 #E4C4CA #DAE4C4 #C4E4DE

split-complementary

#CEC4E4 #E4DEC4 #CAE4C4

monochromatic

#8870BE #AB9AD1 #CEC4E4 #EEEAF5 #EEEAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#CEC4E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.64

#CEC4E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC4E4

12.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC4E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC4E4	1.00	1.66	12.64	12.64
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEC9E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0C9E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAC8CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec4e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 196, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.9% 0.045 299.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd5ec',
    500: '#cec4e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec4e4;
$custom-light: #ddd5ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec4e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.75,
    "s": 37.209,
    "l": 83.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83851,
    "c": 0.04535,
    "h": 299.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.58203
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC4E4

secondary

#AFBD8F

accent

#B0358A

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FCFBFD

border

#D5D4D5

text

#151416

muted

#848384

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC4E4

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

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