#DEC5E1#DEC5E1

#DEC5E1 is a very light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.609; OKLCH L 85.3% C 0.047 H 322.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC5E1
RGB	rgb(222, 197, 225)
HSL	hsl(294, 32%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(294, 12%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.3%, 12.4%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.32, 13.70, -10.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.32, 17.36, 322.11°)
OKLab	oklab(85.29% 0.0372 -0.0285)
OKLCH	oklch(85.29% 0.047 322.6)
XYZ	xyz(63.6791, 60.8991, 79.6196)
Luminance	0.6090 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC5E1 #C8E1C5

analogous

#D0C5E1 #DEC5E1 #E1C5D6

triadic

#DEC5E1 #E1DEC5 #C5E1DE

tetradic

#DEC5E1 #E1D0C5 #C8E1C5 #C5D6E1

square

#DEC5E1 #E1D0C5 #C8E1C5 #C5D6E1

split-complementary

#DEC5E1 #D6E1C5 #C5E1D0

monochromatic

#B074B7 #C79DCC #DEC5E1 #F4EBF5 #F4EBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#DEC5E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.18

#DEC5E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC5E1

13.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC5E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC5E1	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)

#C3CBE2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8CEE0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DFC7CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec5e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 197, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.3% 0.047 322.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d6ea',
    500: '#dec5e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec5e1;
$custom-light: #e8d6ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec5e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 293.571,
    "s": 31.818,
    "l": 82.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85285,
    "c": 0.04686,
    "h": 322.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.60898
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC5E1

secondary

#95B991

accent

#AB3B47

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FCFBFD

border

#D5D4D5

text

#161416

muted

#848384

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC5E1

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

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