#DEC4E8#DEC4E8

#DEC4E8 is a very light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.608; OKLCH L 85.3% C 0.057 H 316.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC4E8
RGB	rgb(222, 196, 232)
HSL	hsl(283, 44%, 84%)
HSV	hsv(283, 16%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.3%, 15.5%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.29, 15.55, -14.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.29, 21.23, 317.09°)
OKLab	oklab(85.33% 0.0411 -0.0388)
OKLCH	oklch(85.33% 0.057 316.6)
XYZ	xyz(64.4274, 60.8363, 84.6768)
Luminance	0.6084 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC4E8 #CEE8C4

analogous

#CCC4E8 #DEC4E8 #E8C4E0

triadic

#DEC4E8 #E8DEC4 #C4E8DE

tetradic

#DEC4E8 #E8CCC4 #CEE8C4 #C4E0E8

square

#DEC4E8 #E8CCC4 #CEE8C4 #C4E0E8

split-complementary

#DEC4E8 #E0E8C4 #C4E8CC

monochromatic

#AD6CC6 #C598D7 #DEC4E8 #F3E9F6 #F3E9F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#DEC4E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.17

#DEC4E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC4E8

13.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC4E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC4E8	1.00	1.59	13.17	13.17
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0CBEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5CEE7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DEC8D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec4e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 196, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.3% 0.057 316.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d6ef',
    500: '#dec4e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec4e8;
$custom-light: #e8d6ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec4e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.333,
    "s": 43.902,
    "l": 83.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85328,
    "c": 0.05653,
    "h": 316.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.60836
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC4E8

secondary

#9CC38D

accent

#B72E54

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FCFBFE

border

#D5D4D6

text

#161416

muted

#848385

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC4E8

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

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