#D8CEEB#D8CEEB

#D8CEEB is a very light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.647; OKLCH L 86.8% C 0.041 H 301.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8CEEB
RGB	rgb(216, 206, 235)
HSL	hsl(261, 42%, 86%)
HSV	hsv(261, 12%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.1%, 12.3%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.35, 8.84, -13.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.35, 15.74, 304.17°)
OKLab	oklab(86.84% 0.0213 -0.035)
OKLCH	oklch(86.84% 0.041 301.2)
XYZ	xyz(65.3828, 64.7397, 87.6326)
Luminance	0.6474 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8CEEB #E1EBCE

analogous

#CED3EB #D8CEEB #E7CEEB

triadic

#D8CEEB #EBD8CE #CEEBD8

tetradic

#D8CEEB #EBCED3 #E1EBCE #CEEBE7

square

#D8CEEB #EBCED3 #E1EBCE #CEEBE7

split-complementary

#D8CEEB #EBE7CE #D3EBCE

monochromatic

#9377C8 #B5A3D9 #D8CEEB #EEE9F6 #EEE9F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#D8CEEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.95

#D8CEEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8CEEB

13.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8CEEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8CEEB	1.00	1.51	13.95	13.95
#FFFFFF	1.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9D2EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBD2EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5D2D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8ceeb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 206, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.8% 0.041 301.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e4ddf1',
    500: '#d8ceeb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8ceeb;
$custom-light: #e4ddf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8ceeb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.69,
    "s": 42.029,
    "l": 86.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8684,
    "c": 0.04096,
    "h": 301.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.6474
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8CEEB

secondary

#B6C697

accent

#B53087

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FCFCFE

border

#D5D5D6

text

#151516

muted

#848485

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8CEEB

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

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