#DEC4E5#DEC4E5

#DEC4E5 is a very light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.607; OKLCH L 85.2% C 0.053 H 319.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC4E5
RGB	rgb(222, 196, 229)
HSL	hsl(287, 39%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(287, 14%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.1%, 14.4%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.20, 14.98, -12.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.20, 19.83, 319.08°)
OKLab	oklab(85.23% 0.0401 -0.0348)
OKLCH	oklch(85.23% 0.053 319)
XYZ	xyz(64.0049, 60.6673, 82.4517)
Luminance	0.6067 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC4E5 #CBE5C4

analogous

#CDC4E5 #DEC4E5 #E5C4DB

triadic

#DEC4E5 #E5DEC4 #C4E5DE

tetradic

#DEC4E5 #E5CDC4 #CBE5C4 #C4DBE5

square

#DEC4E5 #E5CDC4 #CBE5C4 #C4DBE5

split-complementary

#DEC4E5 #DBE5C4 #C4E5CD

monochromatic

#AE6FC0 #C69AD2 #DEC4E5 #F3EAF6 #F3EAF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#DEC4E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.13

#DEC4E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC4E5

13.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC4E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC4E5	1.00	1.60	13.13	13.13
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1CBE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6CDE4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DFC7CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec4e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 196, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.2% 0.053 319.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d6ed',
    500: '#dec4e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec4e5;
$custom-light: #e8d6ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec4e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.273,
    "s": 38.824,
    "l": 83.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85227,
    "c": 0.05308,
    "h": 319
  },
  "luminance": 0.60667
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC4E5

secondary

#99BF8F

accent

#B2344E

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FCFBFD

border

#D5D4D5

text

#161416

muted

#848384

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC4E5

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

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