#DEC4EB#DEC4EB

#DEC4EB is a very light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.610; OKLCH L 85.4% C 0.060 H 314.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC4EB
RGB	rgb(222, 196, 235)
HSL	hsl(280, 49%, 85%)
HSV	hsv(280, 17%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.5%, 16.6%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.38, 16.13, -15.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.38, 22.66, 315.37°)
OKLab	oklab(85.43% 0.0421 -0.0428)
OKLCH	oklch(85.43% 0.06 314.5)
XYZ	xyz(64.8571, 61.0082, 86.9402)
Luminance	0.6101 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC4EB #D1EBC4

analogous

#CBC4EB #DEC4EB #EBC4E5

triadic

#DEC4EB #EBDEC4 #C4EBDE

tetradic

#DEC4EB #EBCBC4 #D1EBC4 #C4E5EB

square

#DEC4EB #EBCBC4 #D1EBC4 #C4E5EB

split-complementary

#DEC4EB #E5EBC4 #C4EBCB

monochromatic

#AB69CC #C496DC #DEC4EB #F2E8F7 #F2E8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#DEC4EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.20

#DEC4EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC4EB

13.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC4EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC4EB	1.00	1.59	13.20	13.20
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFCBED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4CEEA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDC8D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec4eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 196, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.4% 0.060 314.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d6f1',
    500: '#dec4eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec4eb;
$custom-light: #e8d6f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec4eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280,
    "s": 49.367,
    "l": 84.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8543,
    "c": 0.06006,
    "h": 314.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.61008
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC4EB

secondary

#A0C78C

accent

#BD295A

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FCFBFE

border

#D5D4D6

text

#161416

muted

#848385

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC4EB

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

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