#DEC4E9#DEC4E9

#DEC4E9 is a very light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.609; OKLCH L 85.4% C 0.058 H 315.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC4E9
RGB	rgb(222, 196, 233)
HSL	hsl(282, 46%, 84%)
HSV	hsv(282, 16%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.7%, 15.9%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.32, 15.74, -14.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.32, 21.71, 316.49°)
OKLab	oklab(85.36% 0.0414 -0.0402)
OKLCH	oklch(85.36% 0.058 315.9)
XYZ	xyz(64.5698, 60.8933, 85.4270)
Luminance	0.6089 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC4E9 #CFE9C4

analogous

#CCC4E9 #DEC4E9 #E9C4E2

triadic

#DEC4E9 #E9DEC4 #C4E9DE

tetradic

#DEC4E9 #E9CCC4 #CFE9C4 #C4E2E9

square

#DEC4E9 #E9CCC4 #CFE9C4 #C4E2E9

split-complementary

#DEC4E9 #E2E9C4 #C4E9CC

monochromatic

#AC6BC8 #C597D8 #DEC4E9 #F3E9F7 #F3E9F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#DEC4E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.18

#DEC4E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC4E9

13.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC4E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC4E9	1.00	1.59	13.18	13.18
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0CBEB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5CEE8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DEC8D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec4e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 196, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.4% 0.058 315.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d6f0',
    500: '#dec4e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec4e9;
$custom-light: #e8d6f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec4e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.162,
    "s": 45.679,
    "l": 84.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85362,
    "c": 0.05771,
    "h": 315.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.60893
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC4E9

secondary

#9DC48D

accent

#B92D56

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FCFBFE

border

#D5D4D6

text

#161416

muted

#848385

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC4E9

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

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