#DEC5EB#DEC5EB

#DEC5EB is a very light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.615; OKLCH L 85.6% C 0.058 H 314.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC5EB
RGB	rgb(222, 197, 235)
HSL	hsl(279, 49%, 85%)
HSV	hsv(279, 16%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.5%, 16.2%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.63, 15.59, -15.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.63, 22.02, 315.07°)
OKLab	oklab(85.62% 0.0406 -0.0419)
OKLCH	oklch(85.62% 0.058 314.2)
XYZ	xyz(65.0834, 61.4608, 87.0156)
Luminance	0.6146 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC5EB #D2EBC5

analogous

#CBC5EB #DEC5EB #EBC5E5

triadic

#DEC5EB #EBDEC5 #C5EBDE

tetradic

#DEC5EB #EBCBC5 #D2EBC5 #C5E5EB

square

#DEC5EB #EBCBC5 #D2EBC5 #C5E5EB

split-complementary

#DEC5EB #E5EBC5 #C5EBCB

monochromatic

#AA6ACC #C497DB #DEC5EB #F2E8F7 #F2E8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#DEC5EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.29

#DEC5EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC5EB

13.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC5EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC5EB	1.00	1.58	13.29	13.29
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0CCED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5CEEA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDC9D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec5eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 197, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.6% 0.058 314.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d6f1',
    500: '#dec5eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec5eb;
$custom-light: #e8d6f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec5eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.474,
    "s": 48.718,
    "l": 84.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85618,
    "c": 0.05834,
    "h": 314.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.6146
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC5EB

secondary

#A1C78D

accent

#BC295C

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FCFBFE

border

#D5D4D6

text

#161416

muted

#848385

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC5EB

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

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