#CEC4E7#CEC4E7

#CEC4E7 is a very light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.584; OKLCH L 84.0% C 0.049 H 298.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC4E7
RGB	rgb(206, 196, 231)
HSL	hsl(257, 42%, 84%)
HSV	hsv(257, 15%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.8%, 15.2%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.94, 10.13, -16.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.94, 19.00, 302.23°)
OKLab	oklab(83.95% 0.0235 -0.0434)
OKLCH	oklch(83.95% 0.049 298.4)
XYZ	xyz(59.6145, 58.3711, 83.7119)
Luminance	0.5837 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC4E7 #DDE7C4

analogous

#C4CBE7 #CEC4E7 #DFC4E7

triadic

#CEC4E7 #E7CEC4 #C4E7CE

tetradic

#CEC4E7 #E7C4CB #DDE7C4 #C4E7DF

square

#CEC4E7 #E7C4CB #DDE7C4 #C4E7DF

split-complementary

#CEC4E7 #E7DFC4 #CBE7C4

monochromatic

#866DC4 #AA98D5 #CEC4E7 #EDE9F6 #EDE9F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#CEC4E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.67

#CEC4E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC4E7

12.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC4E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC4E7	1.00	1.66	12.67	12.67
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDC9E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFC9E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAC9D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec4e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 196, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.0% 0.049 298.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd5ee',
    500: '#cec4e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec4e7;
$custom-light: #ddd5ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec4e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.143,
    "s": 42.169,
    "l": 83.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83954,
    "c": 0.04938,
    "h": 298.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.58371
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC4E7

secondary

#B3C18E

accent

#B5308F

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FCFBFE

border

#D5D4D6

text

#151416

muted

#848385

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC4E7

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

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