#DEC4E0#DEC4E0

#DEC4E0 is a very light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.604; OKLCH L 85.1% C 0.048 H 323.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC4E0
RGB	rgb(222, 196, 224)
HSL	hsl(296, 31%, 82%)
HSV	hsv(296, 13%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.9%, 12.5%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.05, 14.05, -10.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.05, 17.56, 323.14°)
OKLab	oklab(85.06% 0.0384 -0.0281)
OKLCH	oklch(85.06% 0.048 323.8)
XYZ	xyz(63.3168, 60.3921, 78.8279)
Luminance	0.6039 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC4E0 #C6E0C4

analogous

#D0C4E0 #DEC4E0 #E0C4D4

triadic

#DEC4E0 #E0DEC4 #C4E0DE

tetradic

#DEC4E0 #E0D0C4 #C6E0C4 #C4D4E0

square

#DEC4E0 #E0D0C4 #C6E0C4 #C4D4E0

split-complementary

#DEC4E0 #D4E0C4 #C4E0D0

monochromatic

#B174B6 #C89CCB #DEC4E0 #F4EBF4 #F4EBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#DEC4E0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.08

#DEC4E0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC4E0

13.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC4E0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC4E0	1.00	1.61	13.08	13.08
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2CAE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7CDDF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DFC6CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec4e0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 196, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.1% 0.048 323.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d6e9',
    500: '#dec4e0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec4e0;
$custom-light: #e8d6e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec4e0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 295.714,
    "s": 31.111,
    "l": 82.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85062,
    "c": 0.04754,
    "h": 323.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.60391
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC4E0

secondary

#93B890

accent

#AA3C44

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FCFBFC

border

#D5D4D5

text

#161416

muted

#848384

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC4E0

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

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