#DEC4E7#DEC4E7

#DEC4E7 is a very light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.608; OKLCH L 85.3% C 0.055 H 317.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC4E7
RGB	rgb(222, 196, 231)
HSL	hsl(285, 42%, 84%)
HSV	hsv(285, 15%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.9%, 15.2%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.26, 15.36, -13.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.26, 20.76, 317.73°)
OKLab	oklab(85.29% 0.0408 -0.0375)
OKLCH	oklch(85.29% 0.055 317.4)
XYZ	xyz(64.2857, 60.7797, 83.9309)
Luminance	0.6078 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC4E7 #CDE7C4

analogous

#CCC4E7 #DEC4E7 #E7C4DE

triadic

#DEC4E7 #E7DEC4 #C4E7DE

tetradic

#DEC4E7 #E7CCC4 #CDE7C4 #C4DEE7

square

#DEC4E7 #E7CCC4 #CDE7C4 #C4DEE7

split-complementary

#DEC4E7 #DEE7C4 #C4E7CC

monochromatic

#AD6DC4 #C698D5 #DEC4E7 #F3E9F6 #F3E9F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#DEC4E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.16

#DEC4E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC4E7

13.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC4E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC4E7	1.00	1.60	13.16	13.16
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0CBE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5CDE6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DEC8D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec4e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 196, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.3% 0.055 317.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d6ee',
    500: '#dec4e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec4e7;
$custom-light: #e8d6ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec4e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.571,
    "s": 42.169,
    "l": 83.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85294,
    "c": 0.05537,
    "h": 317.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.60779
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC4E7

secondary

#9BC18E

accent

#B53052

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FCFBFE

border

#D5D4D6

text

#161416

muted

#848385

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC4E7

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

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