#DEC5DE#DEC5DE

#DEC5DE is a very light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.607; OKLCH L 85.2% C 0.044 H 325.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC5DE
RGB	rgb(222, 197, 222)
HSL	hsl(300, 27%, 82%)
HSV	hsv(300, 11%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.3%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.24, 13.14, -9.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.24, 16.04, 325.06°)
OKLab	oklab(85.19% 0.0362 -0.0244)
OKLCH	oklch(85.19% 0.044 325.9)
XYZ	xyz(63.2735, 60.7369, 77.4832)
Luminance	0.6074 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC5DE #C5DEC5

analogous

#D2C5DE #DEC5DE #DEC5D2

triadic

#DEC5DE #DEDEC5 #C5DEDE

tetradic

#DEC5DE #DED2C5 #C5DEC5 #C5D2DE

square

#DEC5DE #DED2C5 #C5DEC5 #C5D2DE

split-complementary

#DEC5DE #D2DEC5 #C5DED2

monochromatic

#B277B2 #C89EC8 #DEC5DE #F4EBF4 #F4EBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#DEC5DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.15

#DEC5DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC5DE

13.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC5DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC5DE	1.00	1.60	13.15	13.15
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4CBDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9CEDD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E0C7CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec5de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 197, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.2% 0.044 325.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d6e8',
    500: '#dec5de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec5de;
$custom-light: #e8d6e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec5de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 27.473,
    "l": 82.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85188,
    "c": 0.04367,
    "h": 325.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.60736
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC5DE

secondary

#92B592

accent

#A63F3F

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FCFBFC

border

#D5D4D5

text

#161416

muted

#848384

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC5DE

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

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