#DEC5E4#DEC5E4

#DEC5E4 is a very light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.611; OKLCH L 85.4% C 0.050 H 319.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC5E4
RGB	rgb(222, 197, 228)
HSL	hsl(288, 36%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(288, 14%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 13.6%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.41, 14.26, -12.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.41, 18.72, 319.61°)
OKLab	oklab(85.38% 0.0383 -0.0325)
OKLCH	oklch(85.38% 0.05 319.7)
XYZ	xyz(64.0920, 61.0643, 81.7939)
Luminance	0.6106 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC5E4 #CBE4C5

analogous

#CEC5E4 #DEC5E4 #E4C5DA

triadic

#DEC5E4 #E4DEC5 #C5E4DE

tetradic

#DEC5E4 #E4CEC5 #CBE4C5 #C5DAE4

square

#DEC5E4 #E4CEC5 #CBE4C5 #C5DAE4

split-complementary

#DEC5E4 #DAE4C5 #C5E4CE

monochromatic

#AE71BD #C69BD1 #DEC5E4 #F3EAF5 #F3EAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#DEC5E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.21

#DEC5E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC5E4

13.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC5E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC5E4	1.00	1.59	13.21	13.21
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2CBE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7CEE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DFC8CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec5e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 197, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.4% 0.050 319.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d6ec',
    500: '#dec5e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec5e4;
$custom-light: #e8d6ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec5e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.387,
    "s": 36.471,
    "l": 83.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85383,
    "c": 0.05019,
    "h": 319.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.61064
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC5E4

secondary

#99BD90

accent

#AF364E

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FCFBFD

border

#D5D4D5

text

#161416

muted

#848384

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC5E4

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

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